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1.120. parted
1.120.1. RHBA-2011:1018: parted bug fix update
An updated parted package that fixes a bug is now available.
The GNU Parted program allows the creation, destruction, resizing, moving, and copying of hard disk partitions. Parted can be used for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks.
This update fixes the following problem:
* Running partprobe after creating a new disk label resulted in a traceback. This was caused when a device's sector size was greater than PED_SECTOR_SIZE_DEFAULT (defined as 512 in include/parted/unit.h). A buffer overrun in linux_read() then occurred because the length is greater than the allocated 512 bytes for diobuf. This caused a heap corruption. This patch fixes the issue. (BZ#564104)
All parted users should install the updated package, which resolves this issue.
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