RHBA-2010:0287 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated gfs2-utils packages that fix various bugs are now available.

Description

The gfs2-utils packages provide the user-space tools necessary to mount,
create, maintain and test GFS2 file systems.

The updated gfs2-utils packages apply the following bug fixes:

gfs2_edit segfault (BZ#503485)
gfs2_edit produces unaligned access (BZ#503530)
fsck.gfs2: Message printed to stderr instead of stdout (BZ#506682)
gfs2_tool man page incorrectly references gfs2_mount (BZ#514939)
GFS2: fsck.gfs2 sometimes needs to be run twice (BZ#500483)
"fsck.gfs2: invalid option -- a" on boot when mounting root formatted as
gfs2 (BZ#507596)
GFS2: gfs2_fsck bugs found in rindex repair code (BZ#514018)
GFS2: gfs2_edit fixes for 5.5 (BZ#503529)
gfs2-utils fails rebuild test (BZ#515370)
gfs2_edit -p block# shows wrong height/offset on gfs1 and segfaults on gfs2
(BZ#506343)
fsck.gfs2 unable to fix some rindex corruption for block size < 4K
(BZ#520762)
GFS2: gfs2_edit savemeta not saving all extended attribute data (BZ#527770)
GFS2: fsck.gfs2 should fix the system statfs file (BZ#539337)
GFS2: gfs2_edit savemeta bugs (BZ#528786)
quota file size not a multiple of struct gfs2_quota(BZ#536902)
interrupted rgrp conversion does not allow re-converts (BZ#548585)
Conversion of inodes that are of different metatree heights in gfs and gfs2
is incorrect (BZ#548588)
Allow fsck.gfs2 to check RO mounted file systems (BZ#557128)
GFS2: gfs2_convert should fix statfs file (BZ#556961)
gfs2_convert doesn't convert jdata files correctly (BZ#545602)
GFS2: fatal: invalid metadata block after gfs2_grow (BZ#546683)

All users of gfs2-utils should upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve 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/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• 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 for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 500483 - GFS2: fsck.gfs2 sometimes needs to be run twice
• BZ - 503485 - gfs2_edit segfault
• BZ - 503529 - GFS2: gfs2_edit fixes for 5.5
• BZ - 503530 - gfs2_edit produces unaligned access
• BZ - 506343 - gfs2_edit -p block# shows wrong height/offset on gfs1 and segfaults on gfs2
• BZ - 506682 - fsck.gfs2: Message printed to stderr instead of stdout
• BZ - 514018 - GFS2: gfs2_fsck segfault in rindex repair code
• BZ - 514939 - gfs2_tool man page incorrectly references gfs2_mount
• BZ - 515370 - gfs2-utils fails rebuild test
• BZ - 520762 - fsck.gfs2 unable to fix some rindex corruption for block size < 4K
• BZ - 527770 - GFS2: gfs2_edit savemeta not saving all extended attribute data
• BZ - 528786 - GFS2: gfs2_edit savemeta bugs
• BZ - 536902 - quota file size not a multiple of struct gfs2_quota
• BZ - 539337 - GFS2: fsck.gfs2 should fix the system statfs file
• BZ - 545602 - gfs2_convert doesn't convert jdata files correctly
• BZ - 546683 - GFS2: fatal: invalid metadata block after gfs2_grow
• BZ - 548585 - interrupted rgrp conversion does not allow re-converts
• BZ - 548588 - Conversion of inodes that are of different metatree heights in gfs and gfs2 is incorrect
• BZ - 556961 - GFS2: gfs2_convert should fix statfs file

CVEs

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References

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