RHBA-2008:0408 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated nfs-utils packages that fix various bugs and add an enhancement
are now available.

Description

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

This updated nfs-utils package includes fixes for the following bugs:

• rpc.mountd memory usage would sometimes grow to several hundred megabytes

within a few days.

• rpc.mountd died with very large netgroup setups.
• The rpc.mountd(8) manual page listed the '-P' option twice.
• The 'nohide' export option needs to be set for refer exports to function

correctly.

• the method of setting lockd ports was updated.
• the init script did not exit correctly when rpc.mount would fail to start.
• mounting an exported file system would sometimes fail with the error

message "Stale NFS file handle".

• the rpcgssd and rpcsvcgssd init scripts would display a failure message

when they were stopped, even when they were not configured to run in the
/etc/sysconfig/nfs configuration file.

• The Bug section of the nfs(5) manual page was incorrect in stating that

the notco command line option was silently ignored.

• Added NFS user space Security Negotiation to the server side.

All users of nfs-utils are advised to 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 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 248543 - rpc.mountd man page lists -P option twice
• BZ - 250622 - initscript does not exit when rpc.mount fails to start.
• BZ - 313561 - nohide needs to be added to refer exports
• BZ - 313671 - LOCKD_TCPPORT and LOCKD_UDPPORT not respected after service restarts
• BZ - 425954 - Bug Section in man nfs is wrong
• BZ - 431477 - mounting gets stale fh when exporting filesystems without a fsid= option
• BZ - 435267 - rpcgssd and rpcsvcgssd initscripts are broken

CVEs

(none)

References

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