- Issued:
- 2005-10-07
- Updated:
- 2005-10-07
RHBA-2005:740 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
GFS-kernel bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
An updated GFS-kernel package that fixes various bugs is now available.
Description
The GFS-kernel package contains modules that provide the ability to mount
and use GFS file systems.
These updated GFS-kernel packages are in sync with the latest kernel
(2.6.9-22.EL). The modules in earlier GFS-kernel packages fail to load
because they do not match the running kernel. It is possible to force the
loading of the modules; however, this update alleviates the need to do so.
In addition, the following bugs have been discovered and addressed since
the previous release:
- A bug was found which could potentially allow a second node to mount a
GFS file system while the journal was being replayed.
- A bug was found which caused a kernel panic in rare cases when using NFS
on top of GFS.
- A bug was found which could allow depend_sync_old to corrupt the resource
group descriptor structure if it took too long to sync dependent inodes
back to disk.
All users of GFS-kernel should upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filenames]
where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 4 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 161808 - nodes don't wait for first mounter to finish recovery
- BZ - 164324 - gfs oops in gfs_wipe_buffers
- BZ - 166701 - Kernel panic with NFS traffic being moved between nodes using service IP address
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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