RHBA-2007:0750 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated nfs-utils package that fixes various bugs is now available.

Description

The nfs-utils package provides a daemon for the kernel NFS server and
related tools, providing a much higher level of performance than the
traditional Linux NFS server used by most users.

This package also contains the showmount program. showmount queries the
mount daemon on a remote host for information about the Network File
System (NFS) server on the remote host.

Bugs fixed in this updated package include:

• gssd no longer requires that the server be running a portmap service.
• two memory leaks in mountd.
• a string handling bug in mountd when dealing with long export lines.
• a race condition between mountd and exportfs that could cause mountd not

to see the new export table.

• the rpcgssd, rpcidmapd and rpcsvcgssd init scripts were changed to

handle and return the correct status codes.

As well, a documentation file named README.FIRST.NFS.RHEL4 was added to
warn users that the HTML documentation included in the package is
obsolete.

All nfs-utils users 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.

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 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 - 227602 - gssd requires server to be running portmapper
• BZ - 239783 - Memory leak was found in nfs-utils
• BZ - 239795 - exportfs gives inconsistent results when run immediately after nfs service is restarted
• BZ - 243705 - nfs-utils init scripts return incorrect status codes

CVEs

(none)

References

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