- Issued:
- 2008-07-24
- Updated:
- 2008-07-24
RHBA-2008:0735 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
device-mapper bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated device-mapper packages that include various bug fixes and
enhancements are now available.
Description
The device-mapper packages provide a library required by logical volume
management utilities such as LVM2 and dmraid.
This update provides the following bug fixes and enhancements:
- Adds readahead support to libdevmapper and dmsetup.
- Allows a DM_DEV_DIR environment variable to override /dev in dmsetup.
- Fixes a double memory deallocation in an error path.
All users of device-mapper should upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues and include these enhancements.
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 - 245150 - dm stripe device has a worse reading speed - readahead is not optimal
- BZ - 450474 - segfault in dm_hash_iter()
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Note:
More recent versions of these packages may be available.
Click a package name for more details.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 09a8a30652fd19b4a2216e54ef6926455adc62c0be9b6e5a651cf012697403a3 |
| x86_64 | |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e5113c4e360d97c3a16ae717c4616453db64e5178e900af6b8468a493b8edf60 |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e5113c4e360d97c3a16ae717c4616453db64e5178e900af6b8468a493b8edf60 |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 682d6a1564d06e10a32316cc8463e89bea731226d1af794222c8e7dc9596319f |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 682d6a1564d06e10a32316cc8463e89bea731226d1af794222c8e7dc9596319f |
| ia64 | |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e5113c4e360d97c3a16ae717c4616453db64e5178e900af6b8468a493b8edf60 |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e5113c4e360d97c3a16ae717c4616453db64e5178e900af6b8468a493b8edf60 |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 9413cfb7e8eb334ea2af47bf88795eb508633c2ef2febb3e8bf42deee6e9d967 |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 9413cfb7e8eb334ea2af47bf88795eb508633c2ef2febb3e8bf42deee6e9d967 |
| i386 | |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e5113c4e360d97c3a16ae717c4616453db64e5178e900af6b8468a493b8edf60 |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e5113c4e360d97c3a16ae717c4616453db64e5178e900af6b8468a493b8edf60 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 09a8a30652fd19b4a2216e54ef6926455adc62c0be9b6e5a651cf012697403a3 |
| x86_64 | |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e5113c4e360d97c3a16ae717c4616453db64e5178e900af6b8468a493b8edf60 |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 682d6a1564d06e10a32316cc8463e89bea731226d1af794222c8e7dc9596319f |
| ia64 | |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e5113c4e360d97c3a16ae717c4616453db64e5178e900af6b8468a493b8edf60 |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 9413cfb7e8eb334ea2af47bf88795eb508633c2ef2febb3e8bf42deee6e9d967 |
| i386 | |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e5113c4e360d97c3a16ae717c4616453db64e5178e900af6b8468a493b8edf60 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 09a8a30652fd19b4a2216e54ef6926455adc62c0be9b6e5a651cf012697403a3 |
| x86_64 | |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e5113c4e360d97c3a16ae717c4616453db64e5178e900af6b8468a493b8edf60 |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 682d6a1564d06e10a32316cc8463e89bea731226d1af794222c8e7dc9596319f |
| i386 | |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: e5113c4e360d97c3a16ae717c4616453db64e5178e900af6b8468a493b8edf60 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 09a8a30652fd19b4a2216e54ef6926455adc62c0be9b6e5a651cf012697403a3 |
| s390x | |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 69d6a0d79020b91a4b6a597d4ac2e572186df3ee6d95efc95639ab456b441216 |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 66b77ce9c5bad20dbfa5c40a7e51be8ce6fccd69241b431c189f633145536755 |
| s390 | |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 69d6a0d79020b91a4b6a597d4ac2e572186df3ee6d95efc95639ab456b441216 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 09a8a30652fd19b4a2216e54ef6926455adc62c0be9b6e5a651cf012697403a3 |
| ppc | |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 0b527dcb2673e9ac554ce7aeaf71cc888e17619b5331ce3661f1d2acae58ff74 |
| device-mapper-1.02.25-2.el4.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 13ccb4206d02f159223ed7ede7b8f28aee6fd817f75238a8c45972b611c4f6c4 |
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