| Description: | The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries (libc), POSIX thread libraries (libpthread), standard math libraries (libm), and the Name Server Caching Daemon (nscd) used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly.
This update fixes the following bug:
A race condition in the malloc API family of functions could cause a deadlock leading to gluster NFS and Fuse mounts becoming unresponsive while running large amounts of I/O. The race condition in malloc has been removed and gluster NFS and Fuse mounts no longer hang in the described situation. (BZ#1244002)
Users of glibc are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.
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