RHBA-2008:0742 - 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.

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

• the method of setting lockd ports was updated.
• rpc.mountd would crash when large numbers of NFS shares were exported due

to a string size error in the auth_authenticate_internal() function.

• the RPM spec file was incorrectly attempting to verify attributes on

certain files in /var/lib/nfs.

• init script global sanity checks have been changed to occur only at

service startup.

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

within a few days.

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 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 - 220798 - LOCKD_TCPPORT and LOCKD_UDPPORT not respected after service restarts
• BZ - 316961 - files in /var/lib/nfs hierarchy should be marked as noverify
• BZ - 441559 - lockd not aware of statd -n switch

CVEs

(none)

References

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