Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2010:0295 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2010-03-30
Updated:
2010-03-30

RHBA-2010:0295 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

mkinitrd bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated mkinitrd packages that fix several bugs and add enhancements are
now available.

Description

The mkinitrd utility creates file system images for use as initial ramdisk
(initrd) images.

These updated mkinitrd packages contains multiple bug fixes and
enhancements and space precludes documenting these changes in this
advisory.

For details concerning every one of these changes, see the mkinitrd chapter
in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 Technical Notes:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.5/html/Technica l_Notes/mkinitrd.html

All mkinitrd users should install these updated packages, which address
these issues and add 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/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 IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • 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 - 460899 - LTC:201049: mkinitrd support for DM-MP SCSI Hardware Handlers
  • BZ - 467850 - initrd cannot handle 'options' in /etc/modprobe.conf, with spaces.
  • BZ - 503567 - local variable clobbers global rootdev
  • BZ - 517868 - mkinitrd copies lvm.conf verbatim inside the initrd without parsing it properly
  • BZ - 526246 - PATCH: BIOS RAID / dmraid 10 boot shows ugly (but harmless) error messages
  • BZ - 560672 - Missing virtio* modules in initrd

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.src.rpm SHA-256: e2acbbcaaf93578fba1412b15b6275d9a99309625b827c6d6853188b77350342
x86_64
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-61.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 26353097cec10b8a8c420e6971fbf2ed93b9db1b4d430f905120fce966834c35
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: c07191d4016975a35bb97a87aca9296db963afcd7cf89ad9ec9ca578d24dfddb
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dd90e33691c0a3de8778d877adbe378f6d52cc7bdb20e7e8db930a61017956aa
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0ce684559ff7922e7c0a8ca9f1e0bc111521e722bea365de813aa55e6982b655
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-61.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 34d3f3d9bcd595d573bd8ecf6e87f7f2df2657b3e5e5542af5fcf7668bd14848
nash-5.1.19.6-61.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 77a97fe4aa5207e4372b9c195b97b1e999846007af546c9598973413f2bdf3d6
ia64
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-61.ia64.rpm SHA-256: a70830272da9ac074b84dfda6c1f961dc2569bdc73567244b5a9f2bcea2b249d
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 74ee782c683318941f9e27ffe9d550255ca818a11ee9760759800dcfa06040fb
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-61.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 1038b4b08fcd4b8dbc0d2791ca708c1d6192eaad72586bb48dcc7727154efa51
nash-5.1.19.6-61.ia64.rpm SHA-256: eac2e2b676eae46d123ed5c8f2093f0365d9cb38c956c6bfdad7d0a21ce7ff10
i386
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1de7c12da59fd3447f93b9d2a524989485486158d2a75d60fbf44ec13a7b857e
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: c07191d4016975a35bb97a87aca9296db963afcd7cf89ad9ec9ca578d24dfddb
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0ce684559ff7922e7c0a8ca9f1e0bc111521e722bea365de813aa55e6982b655
nash-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: be7af7d7452816ceb6255425bc49e5db144a7e4676d1eb0d9affb83274e5032b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.src.rpm SHA-256: e2acbbcaaf93578fba1412b15b6275d9a99309625b827c6d6853188b77350342
x86_64
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-61.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 26353097cec10b8a8c420e6971fbf2ed93b9db1b4d430f905120fce966834c35
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: c07191d4016975a35bb97a87aca9296db963afcd7cf89ad9ec9ca578d24dfddb
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dd90e33691c0a3de8778d877adbe378f6d52cc7bdb20e7e8db930a61017956aa
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0ce684559ff7922e7c0a8ca9f1e0bc111521e722bea365de813aa55e6982b655
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-61.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 34d3f3d9bcd595d573bd8ecf6e87f7f2df2657b3e5e5542af5fcf7668bd14848
nash-5.1.19.6-61.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 77a97fe4aa5207e4372b9c195b97b1e999846007af546c9598973413f2bdf3d6
i386
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1de7c12da59fd3447f93b9d2a524989485486158d2a75d60fbf44ec13a7b857e
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: c07191d4016975a35bb97a87aca9296db963afcd7cf89ad9ec9ca578d24dfddb
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0ce684559ff7922e7c0a8ca9f1e0bc111521e722bea365de813aa55e6982b655
nash-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: be7af7d7452816ceb6255425bc49e5db144a7e4676d1eb0d9affb83274e5032b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.src.rpm SHA-256: e2acbbcaaf93578fba1412b15b6275d9a99309625b827c6d6853188b77350342
x86_64
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-61.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 26353097cec10b8a8c420e6971fbf2ed93b9db1b4d430f905120fce966834c35
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: c07191d4016975a35bb97a87aca9296db963afcd7cf89ad9ec9ca578d24dfddb
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dd90e33691c0a3de8778d877adbe378f6d52cc7bdb20e7e8db930a61017956aa
nash-5.1.19.6-61.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 77a97fe4aa5207e4372b9c195b97b1e999846007af546c9598973413f2bdf3d6
i386
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1de7c12da59fd3447f93b9d2a524989485486158d2a75d60fbf44ec13a7b857e
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: c07191d4016975a35bb97a87aca9296db963afcd7cf89ad9ec9ca578d24dfddb
nash-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: be7af7d7452816ceb6255425bc49e5db144a7e4676d1eb0d9affb83274e5032b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.src.rpm SHA-256: e2acbbcaaf93578fba1412b15b6275d9a99309625b827c6d6853188b77350342
s390x
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-61.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c1d3fea286f99c49b45f92a52bef08c43ed58182e33e0736cd85c9033e269be8
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.s390.rpm SHA-256: 00eb8dfc6d2b671cd5e8cf61ab0e174ec7c5273407cd7ed0cf3ddf971b4b1660
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e6534eaf4af81b5c4af38d29439a4469be08b84470c08ee5ece5c1f66bb4866d
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-61.s390.rpm SHA-256: 2c3e965984f754d2dbf43c66aa3cb6d7ef8793de933e8738c17ed850ff35d426
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-61.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8126c7b6df4b96b84a39e0075cad08485a8af8c36e5eb2e95e500536bc4ec6ef
nash-5.1.19.6-61.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 33a88fc2226f9063aa71f3e861e0174c0794da66274623626196eaa579559aee

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.src.rpm SHA-256: e2acbbcaaf93578fba1412b15b6275d9a99309625b827c6d6853188b77350342
ppc
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-61.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 3d5e950eb29853fdb40d932cdc2519679fd6ec51040258c0c723ec9eb19f3a58
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 0ae3a2f742d88bfd866e65d2dfbb259f1fd37c17d60a95a5438423ead1d815b6
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 0cae7e65a91fa8ca56aa32418586d320e8fb0058adb48f4d0ac4853efc83702b
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-61.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 18bd8efdee0ba75ca876f2522f80ff325d1e2022c19b57e247e35724b1d87eb4
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-61.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 1dac5908e86d15818e64af162dba9cb2c4dbeb1b7b8c8c679476de6e08551028
nash-5.1.19.6-61.ppc.rpm SHA-256: acf63995d4bdf1067fdbc471ed46dd683b90a6bbe5e3db0cd5b7b68f61a94f4b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.src.rpm SHA-256: e2acbbcaaf93578fba1412b15b6275d9a99309625b827c6d6853188b77350342
x86_64
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-61.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 26353097cec10b8a8c420e6971fbf2ed93b9db1b4d430f905120fce966834c35
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: c07191d4016975a35bb97a87aca9296db963afcd7cf89ad9ec9ca578d24dfddb
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: dd90e33691c0a3de8778d877adbe378f6d52cc7bdb20e7e8db930a61017956aa
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0ce684559ff7922e7c0a8ca9f1e0bc111521e722bea365de813aa55e6982b655
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-61.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 34d3f3d9bcd595d573bd8ecf6e87f7f2df2657b3e5e5542af5fcf7668bd14848
nash-5.1.19.6-61.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 77a97fe4aa5207e4372b9c195b97b1e999846007af546c9598973413f2bdf3d6
i386
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1de7c12da59fd3447f93b9d2a524989485486158d2a75d60fbf44ec13a7b857e
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: c07191d4016975a35bb97a87aca9296db963afcd7cf89ad9ec9ca578d24dfddb
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0ce684559ff7922e7c0a8ca9f1e0bc111521e722bea365de813aa55e6982b655
nash-5.1.19.6-61.i386.rpm SHA-256: be7af7d7452816ceb6255425bc49e5db144a7e4676d1eb0d9affb83274e5032b

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