- Issued:
- 2013-09-30
- Updated:
- 2013-09-30
RHBA-2013:1350 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
autofs bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated autofs packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The autofs utility controls the operation of the automount daemon. The automount
daemon automatically mounts file systems when you use them and unmounts them
when they are not busy. Autofs maps describe how file systems below the mount
point of the map are to be mounted.
This update fixes the following bugs:
- Previously, autofs maps did not refresh the list of shares exported on the NFS
server. As a consequence, ESTALE error messages were returned in the NFS client.
A patch has been provided to fix this bug and autofs now refreshes the list of
shares as expected. Moreover, within this bug, the ability to update hosts made
on receiving a HUP signal has been added to autofs. (BZ#714766)
- Prior to this update, the description of MOUNT_WAIT setting in the
configuration file was incorrect. Wrong timeout setting could cause problems as
the mount utility would wait for a server that is temporarily unavailable. The
description in the configuration file has been edited, thus fixing this bug.
(BZ#865309)
- Previously, autofs manual pages described the "nobind" autofs option
incorrectly, thus it was not possible to specify different options for
individual direct mount maps. The manual pages have been updated to describe the
current behavior of "nobind", which fixes the bug. (BZ#866337)
- A change that removed code to add the current map entry caused wildcard
indirect multi-mount map entries to fail to mount. A patch to fix wildcard
multi-map regression has been provided and map entries now mount successfully.
(BZ#909263)
- Previously, the autofs RPC function, used to receive the exports list from a
host, did not try all potentially available mountd versions. Consequently, when
certain mountd protocol versions were disabled, autofs RPC function failed to
receive the exports list. A patch has been provided to fix this bug and autofs
RPC function now receives the exports list successfully. (BZ#918843)
- When the automount utility was sent a shutdown signal, the "autofs reload"
command was causing automount to stop running when multiple maps were being
removed from the auto.master map. A patch has been provided to fix this bug and
automount no longer stops running in the described scenario. (BZ#947604)
- When using autofs with LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), the code
used to perform a base DN (distinguished name) search allowed a race between two
threads executing the same function simultaneously to occur. As a consequence,
autofs could attempt to access already freed memory and terminate unexpectedly
due to a segmentation fault. With this update, the code used to perform base DN
searches has been moved to the function protected by a mutex, which prevents the
race from occurring. The base DN searches are now performed only when the map
lookup modules settings are being refreshed. (BZ#976592)
Users of autofs are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs.
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
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
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
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: dffdfb0e0d46fc4269ab3102e13e30d72578b936d71d44a84f8d520d6ebac054 |
x86_64 | |
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 18a1dc92af05eaf6bffdb3c497a184464783c0423f5fd6fe5a75134afe0d0f0a |
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 69cff857899ad0502e5190d4d944e628bb5247d58bd57a558c5f998ddbd70da0 |
ia64 | |
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 7685437cc69fca8789f8684171e898e235c3c189d3045413e70e9053dee89dd8 |
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 921468c6274a5c6ca1d095ecc48edfbb5d1a7485749d506e440231ffe2c15da6 |
i386 | |
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7d27f8b1ca7929a826018256e298bbaad164fc9c4704559c424a0e67814c211a |
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 02f932cdf1d3e3575f3531b635ebc805dc180b23974833d664700006459ce526 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: dffdfb0e0d46fc4269ab3102e13e30d72578b936d71d44a84f8d520d6ebac054 |
x86_64 | |
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 18a1dc92af05eaf6bffdb3c497a184464783c0423f5fd6fe5a75134afe0d0f0a |
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 69cff857899ad0502e5190d4d944e628bb5247d58bd57a558c5f998ddbd70da0 |
i386 | |
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7d27f8b1ca7929a826018256e298bbaad164fc9c4704559c424a0e67814c211a |
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 02f932cdf1d3e3575f3531b635ebc805dc180b23974833d664700006459ce526 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: dffdfb0e0d46fc4269ab3102e13e30d72578b936d71d44a84f8d520d6ebac054 |
x86_64 | |
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 18a1dc92af05eaf6bffdb3c497a184464783c0423f5fd6fe5a75134afe0d0f0a |
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 69cff857899ad0502e5190d4d944e628bb5247d58bd57a558c5f998ddbd70da0 |
i386 | |
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7d27f8b1ca7929a826018256e298bbaad164fc9c4704559c424a0e67814c211a |
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 02f932cdf1d3e3575f3531b635ebc805dc180b23974833d664700006459ce526 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: dffdfb0e0d46fc4269ab3102e13e30d72578b936d71d44a84f8d520d6ebac054 |
s390x | |
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: d7c0374a71f378afdeda17254a9176587a9b73cbc416cb4274b6e383956a3f33 |
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 8eab49b746e8d92469e6509ba0fcb7ae171aa4665bce8e7084a15745e39320b2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: dffdfb0e0d46fc4269ab3102e13e30d72578b936d71d44a84f8d520d6ebac054 |
ppc | |
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 4fd9592d771571f4c53b82a08ae8342ff4e179ec6f9877956973a33be9b07373 |
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: a75921f10532a84e8e6ee07147ecb2ff91cd61189a0937b405b61127c6ea7156 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: dffdfb0e0d46fc4269ab3102e13e30d72578b936d71d44a84f8d520d6ebac054 |
x86_64 | |
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 18a1dc92af05eaf6bffdb3c497a184464783c0423f5fd6fe5a75134afe0d0f0a |
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 69cff857899ad0502e5190d4d944e628bb5247d58bd57a558c5f998ddbd70da0 |
i386 | |
autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7d27f8b1ca7929a826018256e298bbaad164fc9c4704559c424a0e67814c211a |
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.183.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 02f932cdf1d3e3575f3531b635ebc805dc180b23974833d664700006459ce526 |
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