RHBA-2007:0576 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated gfs-utils packages that fix several bugs are now available.

Description

The gfs-utils packages provide the user-level tools necessary to mount and
use GFS filesystems.

These updated packages apply the following bug fixes:

• a problem was fixed with gfs_grow which would cause gfs_fsck to report

the wrong percentage complete in pass 5.

• a bug was fixed which caused gfs_fsck to take longer than necessary for a

file system check.

• a bug was fixed which could potentially cause gfs_fsck to get stuck in an

infinite loop.

• gfs_fsck has improved support for fixing damaged directory entries in a

gfs filesystem.

• a bug was fixed which caused gfs_tool to fail to report counters when the

system was unable to allocate 64k of contiguous kernel memory.

• A bug was fixed which would cause gfs_fsck to be unable to properly fix

resource groups.

• A bug was fixed which would cause gfs_quota to take an unreasonable

amount of time when listing the quota file.

• unmounting a busy filesystem now gives a more reasonable error message.
• gfs_fsck now properly processes the command line parameters.

All users of gfs-utils 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.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 217374 - Make GFS default to panic before withdraw function is ready
• BZ - 218134 - GFS & GFS2: umount while busy gives bogus error message
• BZ - 222743 - gfs_grow gets the rgindex out of order
• BZ - 222759 - gfs_mkfs doesn't zero data after gfs superblock
• BZ - 225199 - gfs_quota hangs in do_list()
• BZ - 229484 - gfs_fsck not good at fixing corrupt directory entries
• BZ - 229601 - gfs_tool fails to report counters
• BZ - 235060 - gfs_fsck: Bad programmer! You forgot to catch the ???? flag

CVEs

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References

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