Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2009:0387 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2009-03-20
Updated:
2009-03-20

RHBA-2009:0387 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

udev bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An updated udev package that fixes a bug is now available.

Description

The udev package implements a dynamic device directory providing only the
devices present on the system. This dynamic directory runs in user-space,
dynamically creates and removes devices, provides consistent naming and a
user-space API. udev replaces devfs in order to provide greater hot plug
functionality.

This updated udev package includes fixes for the following bugs:

  • systems with a large number of Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) could result in

out-of-memory errors and system crashes due to a udev locking issue. This
has been resolved so that systems with large numbers of LUNs still perform
as expected during SCSI device scans.

All users of udev are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.

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/docs/DOC-11259

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.7 ppc

Fixes

  • BZ - 481277 - [NetApp 4.7.z bug] OOM gets triggered while discovering a large number of LUNs

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 84363a9e98086c768ccb0cbd22453ca660924cf60ddfc8af176eafe26ae6c296
x86_64
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4aa0f26cb9f72e878cf140dd38ace398d8379e11ee4adc4a04d094c0b31c70de
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4aa0f26cb9f72e878cf140dd38ace398d8379e11ee4adc4a04d094c0b31c70de
ia64
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 70d88f151641bb69163a1348d2dd4137d40082b1c2b421fd38977af61124baa0
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 70d88f151641bb69163a1348d2dd4137d40082b1c2b421fd38977af61124baa0
i386
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: d5eac56c0cef20273fed6d6e81ba05a6074fd273b06a5f729b234f2671cf27cc
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: d5eac56c0cef20273fed6d6e81ba05a6074fd273b06a5f729b234f2671cf27cc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.7

SRPM
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 84363a9e98086c768ccb0cbd22453ca660924cf60ddfc8af176eafe26ae6c296
x86_64
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4aa0f26cb9f72e878cf140dd38ace398d8379e11ee4adc4a04d094c0b31c70de
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4aa0f26cb9f72e878cf140dd38ace398d8379e11ee4adc4a04d094c0b31c70de
ia64
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 70d88f151641bb69163a1348d2dd4137d40082b1c2b421fd38977af61124baa0
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 70d88f151641bb69163a1348d2dd4137d40082b1c2b421fd38977af61124baa0
i386
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: d5eac56c0cef20273fed6d6e81ba05a6074fd273b06a5f729b234f2671cf27cc
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: d5eac56c0cef20273fed6d6e81ba05a6074fd273b06a5f729b234f2671cf27cc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 84363a9e98086c768ccb0cbd22453ca660924cf60ddfc8af176eafe26ae6c296
x86_64
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4aa0f26cb9f72e878cf140dd38ace398d8379e11ee4adc4a04d094c0b31c70de
ia64
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 70d88f151641bb69163a1348d2dd4137d40082b1c2b421fd38977af61124baa0
i386
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: d5eac56c0cef20273fed6d6e81ba05a6074fd273b06a5f729b234f2671cf27cc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 84363a9e98086c768ccb0cbd22453ca660924cf60ddfc8af176eafe26ae6c296
x86_64
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4aa0f26cb9f72e878cf140dd38ace398d8379e11ee4adc4a04d094c0b31c70de
i386
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: d5eac56c0cef20273fed6d6e81ba05a6074fd273b06a5f729b234f2671cf27cc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 84363a9e98086c768ccb0cbd22453ca660924cf60ddfc8af176eafe26ae6c296
s390x
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b704b8963591c92535338a62e258e3871c715ca7af44fd1d810aba2c77c61e17
s390
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: 7dd4f7dd43ee8d22ffe6d585302ea95206edc3f4abb286c11e6c2a2592390fcc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.7

SRPM
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 84363a9e98086c768ccb0cbd22453ca660924cf60ddfc8af176eafe26ae6c296
s390x
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b704b8963591c92535338a62e258e3871c715ca7af44fd1d810aba2c77c61e17
s390
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.s390.rpm SHA-256: 7dd4f7dd43ee8d22ffe6d585302ea95206edc3f4abb286c11e6c2a2592390fcc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 84363a9e98086c768ccb0cbd22453ca660924cf60ddfc8af176eafe26ae6c296
ppc
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: a824552e096a57e85b041b20327aa784bebcc699b5a125b6c639b62ba16ea446

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.7

SRPM
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 84363a9e98086c768ccb0cbd22453ca660924cf60ddfc8af176eafe26ae6c296
ppc
udev-039-10.22.el4_7.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: a824552e096a57e85b041b20327aa784bebcc699b5a125b6c639b62ba16ea446

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