Bug#579917: mkhomedir segfaults within ld.so on startup

[Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>]

clone 579917 -1
reassign -1 libpam-modules
severity 579917 important
thanks

* Aurelien Jarno (aurelien@aurel32.net) [100519 23:56]:
> The problem is that the mkhomedir_helper is built as a library, using a
> version-script. This lead to:
> 
>   0x70000016 (MIPS_RLD_MAP)               0
> 
> Removing --version-script while linking the binary fixes the problem:
> 
>   0x70000016 (MIPS_RLD_MAP)               0x413a50
> 
> I agree that ld.so should not segfault in that case, I'll try to write a
> patch for that, but I don't think the bug is still serious anymore on
> the eglibc side.

Right. Cloning the RC-grade part to libpam-modules, and lowering the
severity on eglibc.

Thanks for your support.


Andi