- Issued:
- 2010-05-10
- Updated:
- 2010-05-10
RHBA-2010:0405 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
initscripts bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated initscripts package that fixes a bug which caused some multipath
devices to stall the system on boot is now available.
Description
The initscripts package contains the basic system scripts used to boot your
Red Hat system, change runlevels, and shut the system down cleanly.
Initscripts also contains the scripts that activate and de-activate most
network interfaces.
This update addresses the following problem:
- if rc.sysinit sets up a multipath device that is configured to queue I/O
when all paths are down, and none of the paths are ready to handle IO, when
rc.sysinit runs kpartx on the device, it will hang forever. kpartx needs to
read from the device, but cannot since all the paths are down. Multipath
queues the I/O, waiting for the paths to be restored. Since multipathd
hasn't started, however, these paths cannot be restored. A
device-mapper-multipath update -- RHBA-2010:0402 -- added a "-q" option,
which disables queueing on all devices.
With this initscripts update, rc.sysinit now call multipath with the new
"-q" option, allowing multipathd to start up without queueing I/O. Once
multipathd is started, the multipath command is re-run without this option
to enable queueing on all devices. (BZ#584347)
All initscripts users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the 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 4.8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 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 4.8 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 584347 - rc.sysinit should call multipath.static with -q option.
CVEs
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
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initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.src.rpm | SHA-256: 66c6a54c5a268ccbee8befd0d93e822b664b101380701628c6012e6b9e1856a9 |
x86_64 | |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3c92fe55a180e65769aad9156d95735ac3bfbb366b1b25bc78ba8fcc1394db26 |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3c92fe55a180e65769aad9156d95735ac3bfbb366b1b25bc78ba8fcc1394db26 |
ia64 | |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 6f55981567a747ccb448b7a300ed87e56fbea45cb06bf3970b1e8812b43a540f |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 6f55981567a747ccb448b7a300ed87e56fbea45cb06bf3970b1e8812b43a540f |
i386 | |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dd467fa1bc361550242fd0309b23dd381d8e5ef7cc5b5c6a5316676708bc4e69 |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dd467fa1bc361550242fd0309b23dd381d8e5ef7cc5b5c6a5316676708bc4e69 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8
SRPM | |
---|---|
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.src.rpm | SHA-256: 66c6a54c5a268ccbee8befd0d93e822b664b101380701628c6012e6b9e1856a9 |
x86_64 | |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3c92fe55a180e65769aad9156d95735ac3bfbb366b1b25bc78ba8fcc1394db26 |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3c92fe55a180e65769aad9156d95735ac3bfbb366b1b25bc78ba8fcc1394db26 |
ia64 | |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 6f55981567a747ccb448b7a300ed87e56fbea45cb06bf3970b1e8812b43a540f |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 6f55981567a747ccb448b7a300ed87e56fbea45cb06bf3970b1e8812b43a540f |
i386 | |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dd467fa1bc361550242fd0309b23dd381d8e5ef7cc5b5c6a5316676708bc4e69 |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dd467fa1bc361550242fd0309b23dd381d8e5ef7cc5b5c6a5316676708bc4e69 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
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initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.src.rpm | SHA-256: 66c6a54c5a268ccbee8befd0d93e822b664b101380701628c6012e6b9e1856a9 |
x86_64 | |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3c92fe55a180e65769aad9156d95735ac3bfbb366b1b25bc78ba8fcc1394db26 |
ia64 | |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 6f55981567a747ccb448b7a300ed87e56fbea45cb06bf3970b1e8812b43a540f |
i386 | |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dd467fa1bc361550242fd0309b23dd381d8e5ef7cc5b5c6a5316676708bc4e69 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.src.rpm | SHA-256: 66c6a54c5a268ccbee8befd0d93e822b664b101380701628c6012e6b9e1856a9 |
x86_64 | |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3c92fe55a180e65769aad9156d95735ac3bfbb366b1b25bc78ba8fcc1394db26 |
i386 | |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.i386.rpm | SHA-256: dd467fa1bc361550242fd0309b23dd381d8e5ef7cc5b5c6a5316676708bc4e69 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.src.rpm | SHA-256: 66c6a54c5a268ccbee8befd0d93e822b664b101380701628c6012e6b9e1856a9 |
s390x | |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 8348946c1b8c8eeebeb1858fea43bd11a4a061972729a0714ffb704aca3decd8 |
s390 | |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.s390.rpm | SHA-256: d382e5f16fe214baebff5a6ba0d79f0d43c15b800bc02b8c2ef17c8cf400e506 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8
SRPM | |
---|---|
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.src.rpm | SHA-256: 66c6a54c5a268ccbee8befd0d93e822b664b101380701628c6012e6b9e1856a9 |
s390x | |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 8348946c1b8c8eeebeb1858fea43bd11a4a061972729a0714ffb704aca3decd8 |
s390 | |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.s390.rpm | SHA-256: d382e5f16fe214baebff5a6ba0d79f0d43c15b800bc02b8c2ef17c8cf400e506 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.src.rpm | SHA-256: 66c6a54c5a268ccbee8befd0d93e822b664b101380701628c6012e6b9e1856a9 |
ppc | |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 53719a70e8b2ddac0582c878b14907c5e6d8b3e3ce7754937c8f85edee17355d |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8
SRPM | |
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initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.src.rpm | SHA-256: 66c6a54c5a268ccbee8befd0d93e822b664b101380701628c6012e6b9e1856a9 |
ppc | |
initscripts-7.93.35-1.el4_8.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 53719a70e8b2ddac0582c878b14907c5e6d8b3e3ce7754937c8f85edee17355d |
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