- Issued:
- 2009-03-20
- Updated:
- 2009-03-20
RHBA-2009:0387 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
udev bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated udev package that fixes a bug is now available.
Description
The udev package implements a dynamic device directory providing only the
devices present on the system. This dynamic directory runs in user-space,
dynamically creates and removes devices, provides consistent naming and a
user-space API. udev replaces devfs in order to provide greater hot plug
functionality.
This updated udev package includes fixes for the following bugs:
- systems with a large number of Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) could result in
out-of-memory errors and system crashes due to a udev locking issue. This
has been resolved so that systems with large numbers of LUNs still perform
as expected during SCSI device scans.
All users of udev are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.
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/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.7 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 481277 - [NetApp 4.7.z bug] OOM gets triggered while discovering a large number of LUNs
CVEs
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
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udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 84363a9e98086c768ccb0cbd22453ca660924cf60ddfc8af176eafe26ae6c296 |
x86_64 | |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4aa0f26cb9f72e878cf140dd38ace398d8379e11ee4adc4a04d094c0b31c70de |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4aa0f26cb9f72e878cf140dd38ace398d8379e11ee4adc4a04d094c0b31c70de |
ia64 | |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 70d88f151641bb69163a1348d2dd4137d40082b1c2b421fd38977af61124baa0 |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 70d88f151641bb69163a1348d2dd4137d40082b1c2b421fd38977af61124baa0 |
i386 | |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d5eac56c0cef20273fed6d6e81ba05a6074fd273b06a5f729b234f2671cf27cc |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d5eac56c0cef20273fed6d6e81ba05a6074fd273b06a5f729b234f2671cf27cc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7
SRPM | |
---|---|
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 84363a9e98086c768ccb0cbd22453ca660924cf60ddfc8af176eafe26ae6c296 |
x86_64 | |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4aa0f26cb9f72e878cf140dd38ace398d8379e11ee4adc4a04d094c0b31c70de |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4aa0f26cb9f72e878cf140dd38ace398d8379e11ee4adc4a04d094c0b31c70de |
ia64 | |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 70d88f151641bb69163a1348d2dd4137d40082b1c2b421fd38977af61124baa0 |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 70d88f151641bb69163a1348d2dd4137d40082b1c2b421fd38977af61124baa0 |
i386 | |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d5eac56c0cef20273fed6d6e81ba05a6074fd273b06a5f729b234f2671cf27cc |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d5eac56c0cef20273fed6d6e81ba05a6074fd273b06a5f729b234f2671cf27cc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 84363a9e98086c768ccb0cbd22453ca660924cf60ddfc8af176eafe26ae6c296 |
x86_64 | |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4aa0f26cb9f72e878cf140dd38ace398d8379e11ee4adc4a04d094c0b31c70de |
ia64 | |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 70d88f151641bb69163a1348d2dd4137d40082b1c2b421fd38977af61124baa0 |
i386 | |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d5eac56c0cef20273fed6d6e81ba05a6074fd273b06a5f729b234f2671cf27cc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 84363a9e98086c768ccb0cbd22453ca660924cf60ddfc8af176eafe26ae6c296 |
x86_64 | |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4aa0f26cb9f72e878cf140dd38ace398d8379e11ee4adc4a04d094c0b31c70de |
i386 | |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: d5eac56c0cef20273fed6d6e81ba05a6074fd273b06a5f729b234f2671cf27cc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 84363a9e98086c768ccb0cbd22453ca660924cf60ddfc8af176eafe26ae6c296 |
s390x | |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: b704b8963591c92535338a62e258e3871c715ca7af44fd1d810aba2c77c61e17 |
s390 | |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 7dd4f7dd43ee8d22ffe6d585302ea95206edc3f4abb286c11e6c2a2592390fcc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7
SRPM | |
---|---|
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 84363a9e98086c768ccb0cbd22453ca660924cf60ddfc8af176eafe26ae6c296 |
s390x | |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: b704b8963591c92535338a62e258e3871c715ca7af44fd1d810aba2c77c61e17 |
s390 | |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 7dd4f7dd43ee8d22ffe6d585302ea95206edc3f4abb286c11e6c2a2592390fcc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 84363a9e98086c768ccb0cbd22453ca660924cf60ddfc8af176eafe26ae6c296 |
ppc | |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: a824552e096a57e85b041b20327aa784bebcc699b5a125b6c639b62ba16ea446 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.7
SRPM | |
---|---|
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 84363a9e98086c768ccb0cbd22453ca660924cf60ddfc8af176eafe26ae6c296 |
ppc | |
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: a824552e096a57e85b041b20327aa784bebcc699b5a125b6c639b62ba16ea446 |
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