- Issued:
- 2005-10-05
- Updated:
- 2005-10-05
RHBA-2005:669 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
util-linux bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated util-linux package that fixes several bugs is now available.
Description
The util-linux package contains a collection of basic system utilities.
The mount package contains a utility that makes a file system available for
use.
This update adds the following features to the mount command:
- support for systems where the same partition is shared between different
devices (e.g. multipath kernel drivers)
- support for OCFS and OCFS2 file systems
This update also fixes the following bugs:
- The mount command reads LABELs from dm devices two times
- The mount command and am-utils use different mtab locking
- The fdisk command does not detect /dev/{cciss,cpqarray,ida}/cxdx disks
- The dmesg command does not understand kernel log buffer size
– The fdisk command works incorrectly with SGI labeled disks
- An issue with the group password in the newgrp command
- An incomplete man page for the umount command
- An incorrect label in the ipcs command output
- An incomplete man page for the mkswap command
- Incorrect information in the fstab man page
- Wrong duplicate labels detection in the mount command
- Incomplete PAM session support in the login command
- An incomplete man page and help for evltune command
- The /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow permissions after using the vipw command
- Incorrect information about sync option in the fstab man page
- The fdisk command does not detect GPT partition tables
- Missing hwclock support for new audit system
- Buffer overflow in the sfdisk command
- Missing Solaris partition detection in the fdisk command
All users of util-linux and mount should upgrade to this updated package,
which resolves these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:
up2date
For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:
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 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 Power, big endian 4 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 63909 - fdformat cannot deal with LS120 or ZIP250 drives
- BZ - 76467 - At boot time, fsck chokes on LVs listed by label in fstab
- BZ - 140437 - fdisk support for sector size > 512 for SGI labeled disk
- BZ - 143118 - am-utils and autofs use different mtab locking
- BZ - 149894 - `umount -f` does not appear to actually work
- BZ - 150914 - Add ocfs2 support to RHEL4 mount
- BZ - 151156 - ipcs -t output incorrectly labels semaphore section as "shared memory"
- BZ - 152026 - mkswap man page needs to list and explain the -L option
- BZ - 154202 - wrong duplicate labels detection
- BZ - 154498 - util-linux login & pam session
- BZ - 155430 - RHEL4: mount is unable to mount by label with multiple active paths to a device
- BZ - 157675 - Man pages for mount are incorrect for sync on FAT and VFAT
- BZ - 159339 - util-linux updates for new audit system
- BZ - 159418 - sfdisk unusable - crashes immediately on invocation
- BZ - 163609 - Handle the new Solaris partition ID
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.src.rpm | SHA-256: ee68c1652164343cdc91e5d51105da5c6ff2a2a7b4ba258de3de65c6b3d38ffc |
x86_64 | |
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2dfa42cc87a286a938a78770561240fc13d78b214b1aad5cbc2cedd815996c8f |
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2dfa42cc87a286a938a78770561240fc13d78b214b1aad5cbc2cedd815996c8f |
ia64 | |
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 0e393b4e2673206c74c3443bcc20c2e359aeb6dc8de8e7b7429a360208aa976b |
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 0e393b4e2673206c74c3443bcc20c2e359aeb6dc8de8e7b7429a360208aa976b |
i386 | |
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e7de67e008a6b9d1b33234f0559cc9ec2b4072f9c3f72a3a04b396b75a3798bc |
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e7de67e008a6b9d1b33234f0559cc9ec2b4072f9c3f72a3a04b396b75a3798bc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.src.rpm | SHA-256: ee68c1652164343cdc91e5d51105da5c6ff2a2a7b4ba258de3de65c6b3d38ffc |
x86_64 | |
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2dfa42cc87a286a938a78770561240fc13d78b214b1aad5cbc2cedd815996c8f |
ia64 | |
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 0e393b4e2673206c74c3443bcc20c2e359aeb6dc8de8e7b7429a360208aa976b |
i386 | |
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e7de67e008a6b9d1b33234f0559cc9ec2b4072f9c3f72a3a04b396b75a3798bc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.src.rpm | SHA-256: ee68c1652164343cdc91e5d51105da5c6ff2a2a7b4ba258de3de65c6b3d38ffc |
x86_64 | |
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2dfa42cc87a286a938a78770561240fc13d78b214b1aad5cbc2cedd815996c8f |
i386 | |
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e7de67e008a6b9d1b33234f0559cc9ec2b4072f9c3f72a3a04b396b75a3798bc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.src.rpm | SHA-256: ee68c1652164343cdc91e5d51105da5c6ff2a2a7b4ba258de3de65c6b3d38ffc |
s390x | |
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: f01694ea0b48d91b3f609279e50c3fe99e8ea395a029ae24c6a7599276eca320 |
s390 | |
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.s390.rpm | SHA-256: bf99fc6bb1864872142405d18d85f216e0a198df0134ca9ff01dde8f303b1dce |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.src.rpm | SHA-256: ee68c1652164343cdc91e5d51105da5c6ff2a2a7b4ba258de3de65c6b3d38ffc |
ppc | |
util-linux-2.12a-16.EL4.11.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: ba5c2bf448635013967323e771cdca87592acf767fdcf4e2c238a6fb3fa63df1 |
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