- Issued:
- 2008-05-21
- Updated:
- 2008-05-21
RHBA-2008:0324 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
e2fsprogs bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated e2fsprogs packages that fix various bugs are now available.
Description
The e2fsprogs package contains a number of utilities for creating,
checking, modifying, and correcting any inconsistencies in second
extended (ext2) filesystems. E2fsprogs contains e2fsck (used to
repair filesystem inconsistencies after an unclean shutdown), mke2fs
(used to initialize a partition to contain an empty ext2 filesystem),
tune2fs (used to modify filesystem parameters), and most of the other core
ext2fs filesystem utilities.
This updaed version of e2fsprogs addresses the following issues:
- A filesystem may fail to mount, even when fsck reported no errors, due to
a corrupted journal.
- Multilib RPM packaging problems exist on the PowerPC platform.
- The e2fsck command contains the potential use of an uninitialized pointer.
- Time-based UUIDs may not be unique if generated at a high rate on an SMP
machine.
Users are advised to 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.
To resolve the time-based UUID uniqueness issue, a new package "uuidd"
should be installed, and the uuidd service started.
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 - 428707 - potential reference (and free) to an uninitialized pointer in e2fsck
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6fce54260da79ec1f78545ac23e0112ea7a8ad72fcb19c94ee7dd6cb91fdc65b |
x86_64 | |
e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7e3aeb3a4748dddeae677e9cc9564e89603c98e8c3d3d5856cd4693835eaa16a |
e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 5cf6e57019af65be4657993e6f52d029d44f166e3e5ba055985871e252877f9d |
e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4966384a44ec6682b427edb55b5de38f7d3f525b8215efbfb04c7dfdcc2bf907 |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f8a9cf4beca9e40d529b8438d86581602aebd6957b451b768ff0aa31b884c3f5 |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d300f00babe225a167db27967530488f2987334e6e994b7bf68c00f7908b5820 |
uuidd-1.39-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8d9d4d93ed0b606569d947e98fa881af05a1db22961c1b61c8853842a4a41a57 |
ia64 | |
e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: a796b9c60bb24f3ff9e7c318dd624120c34ce924dfccdd64215315c6973f996c |
e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-15.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: ee7dd08bb7eebfc6499cf59049a59bbd2476bc21bdb1d0b64a44288d60734043 |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f8a9cf4beca9e40d529b8438d86581602aebd6957b451b768ff0aa31b884c3f5 |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: af29e501d843ba7b1e260c5024fe9872210851057740cfd28a87c08c734794a4 |
uuidd-1.39-15.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: ef549e7c54cb3f01bea0dc9f8ee8bd05678790e4ffb2aa56a81920410d74cf57 |
i386 | |
e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8616574b719076b16d8f8f5d94cc7feb15febbd4adb136448b24a212be30b0c8 |
e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 5cf6e57019af65be4657993e6f52d029d44f166e3e5ba055985871e252877f9d |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f8a9cf4beca9e40d529b8438d86581602aebd6957b451b768ff0aa31b884c3f5 |
uuidd-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b9621c46062a24b71d14e5d8a3a646bc0919b66b49477b9b62288c6c929064d9 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6fce54260da79ec1f78545ac23e0112ea7a8ad72fcb19c94ee7dd6cb91fdc65b |
x86_64 | |
e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7e3aeb3a4748dddeae677e9cc9564e89603c98e8c3d3d5856cd4693835eaa16a |
e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 5cf6e57019af65be4657993e6f52d029d44f166e3e5ba055985871e252877f9d |
e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4966384a44ec6682b427edb55b5de38f7d3f525b8215efbfb04c7dfdcc2bf907 |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f8a9cf4beca9e40d529b8438d86581602aebd6957b451b768ff0aa31b884c3f5 |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d300f00babe225a167db27967530488f2987334e6e994b7bf68c00f7908b5820 |
uuidd-1.39-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8d9d4d93ed0b606569d947e98fa881af05a1db22961c1b61c8853842a4a41a57 |
i386 | |
e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8616574b719076b16d8f8f5d94cc7feb15febbd4adb136448b24a212be30b0c8 |
e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 5cf6e57019af65be4657993e6f52d029d44f166e3e5ba055985871e252877f9d |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f8a9cf4beca9e40d529b8438d86581602aebd6957b451b768ff0aa31b884c3f5 |
uuidd-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b9621c46062a24b71d14e5d8a3a646bc0919b66b49477b9b62288c6c929064d9 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6fce54260da79ec1f78545ac23e0112ea7a8ad72fcb19c94ee7dd6cb91fdc65b |
x86_64 | |
e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7e3aeb3a4748dddeae677e9cc9564e89603c98e8c3d3d5856cd4693835eaa16a |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f8a9cf4beca9e40d529b8438d86581602aebd6957b451b768ff0aa31b884c3f5 |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d300f00babe225a167db27967530488f2987334e6e994b7bf68c00f7908b5820 |
uuidd-1.39-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8d9d4d93ed0b606569d947e98fa881af05a1db22961c1b61c8853842a4a41a57 |
i386 | |
e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8616574b719076b16d8f8f5d94cc7feb15febbd4adb136448b24a212be30b0c8 |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f8a9cf4beca9e40d529b8438d86581602aebd6957b451b768ff0aa31b884c3f5 |
uuidd-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b9621c46062a24b71d14e5d8a3a646bc0919b66b49477b9b62288c6c929064d9 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6fce54260da79ec1f78545ac23e0112ea7a8ad72fcb19c94ee7dd6cb91fdc65b |
s390x | |
e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: f43584d8004091ba135637f9fb6d3e13bfc67f05c7817c93175bce2611944258 |
e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-15.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 643ad232c2a00827fffe5f2fc7b4081e66dbbc6073118e445500ec96d30a8d92 |
e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-15.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 6873c59fe65b0809fa550add4db2ff6583658ee16cc8e853cdb3e4b7edfe5234 |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 9efa6d841df45e3cc48bd7375e6b0ec98bff93d59005f4a57deab4312feca3ed |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: dd0dfa15a358c3849b8c0cfea66a1e1e50ed937d8f738673458ae9e6992afcc7 |
uuidd-1.39-15.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 0b9e94b80eea84ef3351c5295d38cca1f08077ec185cf3e467f5595ed1429a33 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6fce54260da79ec1f78545ac23e0112ea7a8ad72fcb19c94ee7dd6cb91fdc65b |
ppc | |
e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: ccd37751c6c042458546af8b9f25b23e8bd0302b39a642e515d68a5d16e5c15f |
e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-15.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: f05bfb036895a90496bbeb04a3bd41e86be58395e71596d21d155d6c2fb22cb5 |
e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-15.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 49f7f19db6900568733478a3861c46300b8494243bfeed6bb3506db38d6e5a31 |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: f16cf611a10a19e68199b653e8c8205eeb93c4c9f5d53a637daca61abab4be05 |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 1562820e5482ba1dee64607d3fa83e4289bba0b1ef384c7ba3e52c76ed347a54 |
uuidd-1.39-15.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 901cacb1d488e36021a175f4a281b6cf38a76dfaa1600278fd6f032d162ac5bc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6fce54260da79ec1f78545ac23e0112ea7a8ad72fcb19c94ee7dd6cb91fdc65b |
x86_64 | |
e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7e3aeb3a4748dddeae677e9cc9564e89603c98e8c3d3d5856cd4693835eaa16a |
e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 5cf6e57019af65be4657993e6f52d029d44f166e3e5ba055985871e252877f9d |
e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4966384a44ec6682b427edb55b5de38f7d3f525b8215efbfb04c7dfdcc2bf907 |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f8a9cf4beca9e40d529b8438d86581602aebd6957b451b768ff0aa31b884c3f5 |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d300f00babe225a167db27967530488f2987334e6e994b7bf68c00f7908b5820 |
uuidd-1.39-15.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8d9d4d93ed0b606569d947e98fa881af05a1db22961c1b61c8853842a4a41a57 |
i386 | |
e2fsprogs-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8616574b719076b16d8f8f5d94cc7feb15febbd4adb136448b24a212be30b0c8 |
e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 5cf6e57019af65be4657993e6f52d029d44f166e3e5ba055985871e252877f9d |
e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f8a9cf4beca9e40d529b8438d86581602aebd6957b451b768ff0aa31b884c3f5 |
uuidd-1.39-15.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: b9621c46062a24b71d14e5d8a3a646bc0919b66b49477b9b62288c6c929064d9 |
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