RHBA-2010:0077 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated parted packages that resolve an issue with parted not honoring user
choice in one circumstance when editing GUID Partition Tables are now
available.

Description

The GNU Parted program allows you to create, destroy, resize, move, and
copy hard disk partitions. Parted can be used for creating space for new
operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, and copying data to new hard
disks.

This update fixes the following problem:

• when parted is invoked in interactive mode on a disk with GUID Partition

Tables (GPT), if the backup GPT is not in the disk's last sector, parted
presents an alert

Error: The backup GPT table is not at the end of the disk, as it
should be. This might mean that another operating system
believes the disk is smaller. Fix, by moving the backup
to the end (and removing the old backup)?

and offers three options for continuing: Fix, Cancel or Ignore.

Previously, choosing Cancel or Ignore had no effect: no matter what option
was chosen, parted "fixed" (ie changed) the GUID partition table.

This update corrects this: if and when the above error presents, the Cancel
and Ignore options are now honored if selected, as expected.

All parted users should install these updated packages, which resolve this
issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the 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 4.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 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 4.8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.8 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.8 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 559236 - [4.4]The parted command alters the gpt table unintentionally.

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)