- Issued:
- 2008-05-21
- Updated:
- 2008-05-21
RHBA-2008:0081 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
device-mapper bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated device-mapper packages that include various bug fixes and
enhancements are now available.
Description
The device-mapper packages provide a library required by logical volume
management utilities such as LVM2 and dmraid.
This update provides the following bug fixes and enhancements:
- Adds readahead support to libdevmapper and dmsetup.
- Allows a DM_DEV_DIR environment variable to override /dev in dmsetup.
- Splits event daemon subpackage to fix package dependences in multilib
installations.
- Fixes dmsetup -o devno string termination.
- Fixes a double memory deallocation in event error path.
- Fixes some error messages to always use standard error output.
All users of device-mapper should upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues and include these enhancements.
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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 240005 - lvconvert does not work in enforcing mode
- BZ - 369761 - device-mapper multilib problem on ppc (breaks lvm mirrors)
- BZ - 423391 - dm stripe device has a worse reading speed - readahead is not optimal
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: c1dcfd93411e27b13bb5ed3b23df178565087f0b60f385da02b108bb01f57078 |
x86_64 | |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: cbcbe9cf4e111fa411fec7da168da851e9126c00e78fabfef0f1a3a7d05d1774 |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9b8d29d3be934c19f6f43cd41447c66ff27f20c3c901bb5042c40fadf76e08a9 |
device-mapper-event-1.02.24-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f0213e3d1b2dcd67de838a3b81e975544a9367d744eceee0ef5bf69328e53436 |
ia64 | |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: cbcbe9cf4e111fa411fec7da168da851e9126c00e78fabfef0f1a3a7d05d1774 |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 9f46acca9ec6c53450f6a4f45af8fca9117a10d440c0ce8b048b5c19b0a4dc40 |
device-mapper-event-1.02.24-1.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: d4c1d654c480c0a1a64fa04fecd752b06406720cf1f4ed2315b0143bf4bddb6c |
i386 | |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: cbcbe9cf4e111fa411fec7da168da851e9126c00e78fabfef0f1a3a7d05d1774 |
device-mapper-event-1.02.24-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 96e623f1553ffc0090c3dfd2abb7310c6b1e75066a614e63a3d5926c1b4da2f2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: c1dcfd93411e27b13bb5ed3b23df178565087f0b60f385da02b108bb01f57078 |
x86_64 | |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: cbcbe9cf4e111fa411fec7da168da851e9126c00e78fabfef0f1a3a7d05d1774 |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9b8d29d3be934c19f6f43cd41447c66ff27f20c3c901bb5042c40fadf76e08a9 |
device-mapper-event-1.02.24-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f0213e3d1b2dcd67de838a3b81e975544a9367d744eceee0ef5bf69328e53436 |
i386 | |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: cbcbe9cf4e111fa411fec7da168da851e9126c00e78fabfef0f1a3a7d05d1774 |
device-mapper-event-1.02.24-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 96e623f1553ffc0090c3dfd2abb7310c6b1e75066a614e63a3d5926c1b4da2f2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: c1dcfd93411e27b13bb5ed3b23df178565087f0b60f385da02b108bb01f57078 |
x86_64 | |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: cbcbe9cf4e111fa411fec7da168da851e9126c00e78fabfef0f1a3a7d05d1774 |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9b8d29d3be934c19f6f43cd41447c66ff27f20c3c901bb5042c40fadf76e08a9 |
device-mapper-event-1.02.24-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f0213e3d1b2dcd67de838a3b81e975544a9367d744eceee0ef5bf69328e53436 |
i386 | |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: cbcbe9cf4e111fa411fec7da168da851e9126c00e78fabfef0f1a3a7d05d1774 |
device-mapper-event-1.02.24-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 96e623f1553ffc0090c3dfd2abb7310c6b1e75066a614e63a3d5926c1b4da2f2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: c1dcfd93411e27b13bb5ed3b23df178565087f0b60f385da02b108bb01f57078 |
s390x | |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: e9b0b25e33288400335342148f1d52b6d5b30947725cfe190a58d4e149281d8f |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 83b9fbc6c62d36928b7b21e04141ebcd700cc8a85557ef9f3e90f88854920e29 |
device-mapper-event-1.02.24-1.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 2050d0fa37ae386c79d3f234f4b0af1d1bb3eb42d894ac3aac9a3f48e35600b2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: c1dcfd93411e27b13bb5ed3b23df178565087f0b60f385da02b108bb01f57078 |
ppc | |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: c4f796750fb6fcb8995ab617b2669c0ba2cadfb6eb7b7487de5066b021802683 |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: e553280b3d86226ab4fd20bb0a1702806cff75314f358e0966b6dd6f81669e9d |
device-mapper-event-1.02.24-1.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: d81a2a78e2ef85b0e525d1f7894a4964545747b2549b71f1e888cbff5751a19d |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: c1dcfd93411e27b13bb5ed3b23df178565087f0b60f385da02b108bb01f57078 |
x86_64 | |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: cbcbe9cf4e111fa411fec7da168da851e9126c00e78fabfef0f1a3a7d05d1774 |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9b8d29d3be934c19f6f43cd41447c66ff27f20c3c901bb5042c40fadf76e08a9 |
device-mapper-event-1.02.24-1.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f0213e3d1b2dcd67de838a3b81e975544a9367d744eceee0ef5bf69328e53436 |
i386 | |
device-mapper-1.02.24-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: cbcbe9cf4e111fa411fec7da168da851e9126c00e78fabfef0f1a3a7d05d1774 |
device-mapper-event-1.02.24-1.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 96e623f1553ffc0090c3dfd2abb7310c6b1e75066a614e63a3d5926c1b4da2f2 |
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