Bug Fixes

BZ#627901

When trying to identify the processor type by performing a string comparison, Python terminated with a segmentation fault. This was caused by DMI tables which did not report the CPU processor information as a string and returned a NULL value instead. This update adds additional checks for NULL values before doing the string comparison.

BZ#646429

Previously, when calling the memcpy() function on the IBM System z machine which was under heavy memory load, a SIGILL signal was triggered. As a consequence, the complete Python interpreter core dumped. A signal handler was added to properly handle heavy memory loads.

BZ#667363

Prior to this update, when running the rhn_register utility, providing a valid user name and password, and clicking the Forward button, the tool terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. This was caused by the dmi_processor_id() function not checking whether the version pointer was NULL. This update adds additional checks for NULL values, fixing the problem.

BZ#726614

Previously, certain DMI (Direct Media Interface) tables did not report CPU information as a string and returned the NULL value instead. Consequently, Python terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault when trying to identify the CPU type by performing a string comparison. With this update, additional checks for NULL values, performed prior the string comparison, have been added to the code, thus fixing this bug.