Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2010:0696 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2010-09-13
Updated:
2010-09-13

RHBA-2010:0696 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

device-mapper-multipath bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated device-mapper-multipath packages that fix a bug are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The device-mapper-multipath packages provide tools to manage multipath devices
by giving the "dm-multipath" kernel module instructions on what to do, as well
as by managing the creation and removal of partitions for Device-Mapper devices.

These updated packages provide a fix for the following bug:

  • when multipathd occassionally received spurious remove uevents from the

kernel, multipathd incorrectly removed the multipath device. Since remove
uevents are only supposed to be generated after a device has been already
removed, multipath no longer removes a multipath device when it receives a
remove uevent. Instead, it simply cleans up its internal state if the device
has been removed. (BZ#624772)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated device-mapper-multipath 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 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 - 624772 - PVs are created under /dev and not under /dev/mapper

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.src.rpm SHA-256: 172af6e991eae796537881bba0281af581c2ae444802c5350e35cc02abe90307
x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6a0b7fcbd0812cfadcb69d70fcf30112d0268d6260cbd47beabd8581778e1c04
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c2847c648bd4eed263797d77bf428a66ef4d5d31fb3671061dc23532b9792514
ia64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 58a20228b6764192175579ae7c16a07e7b49ade382026174e1e847382d0f8162
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: ac8edbaaf2cea9f3ad1fef2f12c135af29a479485f7f1d212acbb52067d61662
i386
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 177ac06021d4895b72b899e1a88f1773bd96248c79e33a53537bb39330386c52
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 291236ea1ef9d5d7933cf15a923ea850e983466e10d74cd9c8ddb256f103e9b7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.src.rpm SHA-256: 172af6e991eae796537881bba0281af581c2ae444802c5350e35cc02abe90307
x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6a0b7fcbd0812cfadcb69d70fcf30112d0268d6260cbd47beabd8581778e1c04
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c2847c648bd4eed263797d77bf428a66ef4d5d31fb3671061dc23532b9792514
i386
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 177ac06021d4895b72b899e1a88f1773bd96248c79e33a53537bb39330386c52
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 291236ea1ef9d5d7933cf15a923ea850e983466e10d74cd9c8ddb256f103e9b7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.src.rpm SHA-256: 172af6e991eae796537881bba0281af581c2ae444802c5350e35cc02abe90307
x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6a0b7fcbd0812cfadcb69d70fcf30112d0268d6260cbd47beabd8581778e1c04
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c2847c648bd4eed263797d77bf428a66ef4d5d31fb3671061dc23532b9792514
i386
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 177ac06021d4895b72b899e1a88f1773bd96248c79e33a53537bb39330386c52
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 291236ea1ef9d5d7933cf15a923ea850e983466e10d74cd9c8ddb256f103e9b7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.src.rpm SHA-256: 172af6e991eae796537881bba0281af581c2ae444802c5350e35cc02abe90307
s390x
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dcdaa619a129dd76f9a434f7e94260f5b7c156cf46c5afa173e904db89612d5b
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ec09264cc023d7dc952875a81dbaf2d1fd66a61cd47413782914c47393bcc0c3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.src.rpm SHA-256: 172af6e991eae796537881bba0281af581c2ae444802c5350e35cc02abe90307
ppc
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 5c92310362f077d58765052c61dc3888854d168198faab383fa4895f5ff7b9b9
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: e01425b8f255c8a8804bee5e7c966cfcad76210a990ed0baef1279168107d7e9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.src.rpm SHA-256: 172af6e991eae796537881bba0281af581c2ae444802c5350e35cc02abe90307
x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6a0b7fcbd0812cfadcb69d70fcf30112d0268d6260cbd47beabd8581778e1c04
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c2847c648bd4eed263797d77bf428a66ef4d5d31fb3671061dc23532b9792514
i386
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 177ac06021d4895b72b899e1a88f1773bd96248c79e33a53537bb39330386c52
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 291236ea1ef9d5d7933cf15a923ea850e983466e10d74cd9c8ddb256f103e9b7

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