RHBA-2008:0440 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated grub package that fixes a bug and adds an enhancement is now
available.

Description

The GRUB utility is responsible for booting the operating system kernel.

It was not possible to use the "grub-install" script on devices that used
the HP Smart Array CCISS driver. For example, running the "grub-install
/dev/cciss/[device]" command resulted in the following error:

expr: non-numeric argument
Installation finished. No error reported.

Although the error reports GRUB installed correctly, GRUB was never
installed to the MBR. In this updated package, the "grub-install" script
works correctly with devices that use the HP Smart Array CCISS driver.

As well, the maximum length of the kernel command line has been extended to
2,048 bytes.

Users of grub are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue and adds this enhancement.

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 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 Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 402151 - grub-install can't install to MBR on cciss devices

CVEs

(none)

References

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