** Description changed: - There is a leak in the way the KDC handles file descriptors. Under - load, this bug causes connections to be dropped and a lot of seemingly - unrelated messages are logged: "Failed to open database: opening - /var/lib/heimdal-kdc/heimdal: Too many open files" + [Impact] + When having multiple IP addresses configured, the heimdal-kdc package might become unusable under load, due to leaking of file descriptors. This means that all outstanding connections, just created or almost finished, are ignored. + + [Test cases] + (soon) + + [Possible regressions] + No regressions expected. The patch has been in use by the original submitter's team for more than a year, and has been accepted by upstream for more than 8 months. + + [Original Description] + There is a leak in the way the KDC handles file descriptors. Under load, this bug causes connections to be dropped and a lot of seemingly unrelated messages are logged: "Failed to open database: opening /var/lib/heimdal-kdc/heimdal: Too many open files" Please pull the patch from upstream: https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/3f71aca59193785880469fd0757a651e965a594e#kdc/connect.c
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