RHBA-2006:0061 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated util-linux packages that fix several bugs are now available.

Description

The util-linux package contains a collection of basic system utilities.

This update also fixes the following bugs:

• the newgrp command gave misleading output
• the look command did not work with separators
• the login command timeout failed
• the login command ran even if it had no read/write access to the terminal
• the login command did not report to the audit system
• the umount command did not support /sbin/umount.<TYPE>
• the losetup and mount commands did not work correctly with an offset

greater than 2GB

• the mount command reads did not support the 'noacl' mount flag
• a reduced number of possible simultaneous tcp mounts
• the floppy command did not work with generic /dev/fd0
• the PAM configuration for the login command contained the 'multiple' option
• the mkswap man page gave incorrect information
• the NFS man page was incomplete
• the mount man page was incomplete

All users of util-linux should upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve 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 - 151549 - RHEL 4 Kernel does not provide ACL support over NFS
• BZ - 153243 - newgrp gives misleading output
• BZ - 156597 - look - doesn't work with separators
• BZ - 159410 - mkswap(8) claims max swap area size is 2 GB
• BZ - 168434 - RHEL4: login's timeout can fail - needs to call siginterrupt(SIGALRM,1)
• BZ - 168436 - RHEL4: login will attempt to run if it has no read/write access to its terminal
• BZ - 168989 - RHEL4: losetup (and mount -o loop) wrap at 2GB
• BZ - 169042 - [Texas Instruments] nfs bindresvport: Address already in use
• BZ - 169628 - RHEL4: /usr/bin/floppy doesn't work with /dev/fd0
• BZ - 170110 - Documentation for 'rsize' and 'wsize' NFS mount options is misleading
• BZ - 170564 - add audit message to login

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)