IV94370: XARGS COMMAND DOES NOT HANDLE -L PARAMETER CORRECTLY APPLIES TO AIX 6100-09

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• xargs command -L paramater accept any positive integer
  value, but whatever value is used, the limit is hardcoded
  to have a maximum of 1024 lines per command.
  Depending on the -L size and the number of input args
  line
  the xargs might coredump in stack like :
  
  Segmentation fault in _cat_hard_close at 0xd017a474
  0xd017a474 (_cat_hard_close+0x134) 7c64c02e lwzx
  r3,r4,r24
  (dbx) where
  _cat_hard_close(??) at 0xd017a474
  catgets@AF7_6(??, ??, ??, ??) at 0xd017c0a0
  lcall(??, ??) at 0x10001ac0
  main(??, ??, ??) at 0x10000b1c
  

Local fix

• Only local fix is not to use -L option if it is suitable
  for the command you are passing args to.
  

Problem summary

• xargs command used with -L , might core or prints garbage
  value in output.
  

Problem conclusion

• Fixed the code to handle L flag correctly.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  IV93485

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  AIX 6.1 EXT SUP

• Fixed component ID

  5765G6299

Applicable component levels

PTF to Fileset Mapping

• U870037 bos.rte.shell 6.1.9.300