Bug Fix Advisory mount bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2007:0426-4
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2007-06-11
Last updated on: 2007-06-11
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated mount packages that fixes various bugs are now available.

The mount package contains the mount, umount, swapon, and swapoff
programs. Accessible files on your system are arranged in one big tree
or hierarchy. These files can be spread out over several devices.

The mount command attaches a filesystem on some device to your system's
file tree. The umount command detaches a filesystem from the tree. Swapon
and swapoff, respectively, specify and disable devices and files for paging
and swapping.

This release addresses the following issues:

* the mount utility used TCP to communicate with the server's portmapper,
even when a UDP mount was specified.

* mounting large numbers of NFS filesystems resulted in reserved port
exhaustion.

* "umount -l" only worked if there was no cached data waiting to be
read/written to the mount point. Due to the requirements of NFS, this
causes the umount to hang. This problem was addressed by removing the
server umount notification in umount, which is required to allow mounts to
continue functioning until processes using them have finished.

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    784523a80fa0cdf6b3583723ee7a8afa
 
IA-32:
losetup-2.11y-31.23.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    ecb2aebab085a36c54e9cf7a493800bc
mount-2.11y-31.23.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    eef8418112405fd56b91af56a3a3b6bc
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    cfb65c94cdc9600a7ce79d37a722a0bc
 
x86_64:
losetup-2.11y-31.23.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    0a1b893088dcf7148431817db540456c
mount-2.11y-31.23.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    320f0aee72734e9ee86f4dd929e7635e
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    d01a3bbc748d633202521d2c46de6689
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    784523a80fa0cdf6b3583723ee7a8afa
 
IA-32:
losetup-2.11y-31.23.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    ecb2aebab085a36c54e9cf7a493800bc
mount-2.11y-31.23.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    eef8418112405fd56b91af56a3a3b6bc
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    cfb65c94cdc9600a7ce79d37a722a0bc
 
IA-64:
losetup-2.11y-31.23.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    0cdd4949ef3145a17cf68cc9ad5e0ce5
mount-2.11y-31.23.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    6291bacc3049268930c4e3e09e35ba29
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    d156d4b68a35da543423d20db0fca880
 
PPC:
losetup-2.11y-31.23.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    22c0c7d6866b772d8b6dca37716beb3d
mount-2.11y-31.23.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    42b674993670d7e662b7fff05e8e0cb3
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.ppc.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    fcb371f15aa803a65f77100580a5cafd
 
s390:
losetup-2.11y-31.23.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    d1123a677a3b7aa76ab060ff25f8e5a3
mount-2.11y-31.23.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    f7d5d08fe911d4046fb2a08aac1a2a53
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.s390.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    7e7cefc5b8237f514e25f8d403b5d08e
 
s390x:
losetup-2.11y-31.23.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    3d96dc4ec8c222a73e8699f5baec301e
mount-2.11y-31.23.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    725a18f300aa1164421ac75ae1d69dfa
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.s390x.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    5412174f195ff21f61f317e8b6aed647
 
x86_64:
losetup-2.11y-31.23.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    0a1b893088dcf7148431817db540456c
mount-2.11y-31.23.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    320f0aee72734e9ee86f4dd929e7635e
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    d01a3bbc748d633202521d2c46de6689
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    784523a80fa0cdf6b3583723ee7a8afa
 
IA-32:
losetup-2.11y-31.23.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    ecb2aebab085a36c54e9cf7a493800bc
mount-2.11y-31.23.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    eef8418112405fd56b91af56a3a3b6bc
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    cfb65c94cdc9600a7ce79d37a722a0bc
 
IA-64:
losetup-2.11y-31.23.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    0cdd4949ef3145a17cf68cc9ad5e0ce5
mount-2.11y-31.23.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    6291bacc3049268930c4e3e09e35ba29
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    d156d4b68a35da543423d20db0fca880
 
x86_64:
losetup-2.11y-31.23.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    0a1b893088dcf7148431817db540456c
mount-2.11y-31.23.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    320f0aee72734e9ee86f4dd929e7635e
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    d01a3bbc748d633202521d2c46de6689
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    784523a80fa0cdf6b3583723ee7a8afa
 
IA-32:
losetup-2.11y-31.23.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    ecb2aebab085a36c54e9cf7a493800bc
mount-2.11y-31.23.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    eef8418112405fd56b91af56a3a3b6bc
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    cfb65c94cdc9600a7ce79d37a722a0bc
 
IA-64:
losetup-2.11y-31.23.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    0cdd4949ef3145a17cf68cc9ad5e0ce5
mount-2.11y-31.23.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    6291bacc3049268930c4e3e09e35ba29
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    d156d4b68a35da543423d20db0fca880
 
x86_64:
losetup-2.11y-31.23.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    0a1b893088dcf7148431817db540456c
mount-2.11y-31.23.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    320f0aee72734e9ee86f4dd929e7635e
util-linux-2.11y-31.23.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2007:0969
    d01a3bbc748d633202521d2c46de6689
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

235877 - umount -l should work on hung NFS mounts with cached data



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