Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2010:0531 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2011-02-16
Updated:
2011-02-16

RHBA-2010:0531 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

dosfstools bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An updated dosfstools package that fixes a bug on Itanium-based systems is
now available.

Description

The dosfstools package is set of tools for creating and maintaining
FAT-type file systems. It includes the mkdosfs and dosfsck utilities, which
respectively make and check MS-DOS FAT file systems on hard drives and
floppy disks.

This update addresses the following issue:

  • when the dosfslabel command was used to set a label (eg "dosfslabel

/dev/sda1 new_label") on Itanium-based systems, an unaligned memory access
caused the command to present an "unaligned access" error. This update
corrects the memory access and the dosfslabel command now works as expected
on Itanium-based systems. (BZ#430215)

dosfstools users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves
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 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

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
dosfstools-2.8-20.src.rpm SHA-256: d774f7bd2ad803a5bcfb0f0a836d0003ac1aea223958d32bce7e9b3233aad85d
x86_64
dosfstools-2.8-20.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7c0243f0527530a452ead8b0a5939e177ec7855ba6e18f36b2f3b8e01a200c4e
dosfstools-2.8-20.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7c0243f0527530a452ead8b0a5939e177ec7855ba6e18f36b2f3b8e01a200c4e
ia64
dosfstools-2.8-20.ia64.rpm SHA-256: fe37f171c2f7e8bc58a14c0f2578b01444eec54d3fe9e800004a46c74578dca6
dosfstools-2.8-20.ia64.rpm SHA-256: fe37f171c2f7e8bc58a14c0f2578b01444eec54d3fe9e800004a46c74578dca6
i386
dosfstools-2.8-20.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2094674ee259d7071ad1b5a66f5f28a91412b0d4008a0b831062a6f5f0c721fd
dosfstools-2.8-20.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2094674ee259d7071ad1b5a66f5f28a91412b0d4008a0b831062a6f5f0c721fd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
dosfstools-2.8-20.src.rpm SHA-256: d774f7bd2ad803a5bcfb0f0a836d0003ac1aea223958d32bce7e9b3233aad85d
x86_64
dosfstools-2.8-20.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7c0243f0527530a452ead8b0a5939e177ec7855ba6e18f36b2f3b8e01a200c4e
ia64
dosfstools-2.8-20.ia64.rpm SHA-256: fe37f171c2f7e8bc58a14c0f2578b01444eec54d3fe9e800004a46c74578dca6
i386
dosfstools-2.8-20.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2094674ee259d7071ad1b5a66f5f28a91412b0d4008a0b831062a6f5f0c721fd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
dosfstools-2.8-20.src.rpm SHA-256: d774f7bd2ad803a5bcfb0f0a836d0003ac1aea223958d32bce7e9b3233aad85d
x86_64
dosfstools-2.8-20.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7c0243f0527530a452ead8b0a5939e177ec7855ba6e18f36b2f3b8e01a200c4e
i386
dosfstools-2.8-20.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2094674ee259d7071ad1b5a66f5f28a91412b0d4008a0b831062a6f5f0c721fd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
dosfstools-2.8-20.src.rpm SHA-256: d774f7bd2ad803a5bcfb0f0a836d0003ac1aea223958d32bce7e9b3233aad85d
s390x
dosfstools-2.8-20.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 54abb9a8936944954834abdeaba5ac2d2a1e565819a0e67b6d421d235df8fe6e
s390
dosfstools-2.8-20.s390.rpm SHA-256: 0688ad00d02711406f2a2db363d26c409733dddf7cba93966b1d2c223cf249f3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
dosfstools-2.8-20.src.rpm SHA-256: d774f7bd2ad803a5bcfb0f0a836d0003ac1aea223958d32bce7e9b3233aad85d
ppc
dosfstools-2.8-20.ppc.rpm SHA-256: bcda7ca44a1375f2330d11be13b8d34d07472ea345b2324f4bb8c77650f2b243

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