RHBA-2005:669 - Bug Fix 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:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

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

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