Synopsis

device-mapper-multipath bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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:

• Due to a race condition between udev and Device-Mapper, kpartx may have
  attempted to create partitions on a multipath device before it was completely
  initialized, causing no Device-Mapper partitions to be created. With this
  update, udev now waits for the multipath device to be completely initialized
  before attempting to create partitions on it. (BZ#634903)
  

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated device-mapper-multipath packages,
which resolve this issue.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/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 - 634903 - partitions on multipath devices are not always created

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 0e28d955f3819a6853a36da78314e16cf216ee1fca310d50579d3778c844f743
x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 686ccb569750ba8f5b0cd00446383fdb28f6a445d5c533d3ab340ebbf21a8d6e
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8a1789f54fab28b9fbf4acb13d58eec8eb60eb80f45e1e04fb50159f8f30d0d1
ia64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 38b7e6d6fd4bac60cee372d1428fe81b461657457f44c837fc96d50e2ec5a1bf
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 7722bf08a3ab3df56e86a0d0fccf72c3edb4c6b9f3468300b09024688cce97cd
i386
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.i386.rpm	SHA-256: a176e368ded1f340efc9d87e203013a1644a101f0ccb7b63d28cd10933cf0261
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.i386.rpm	SHA-256: d4b4178d9a7262e690a5e20a665013cb125ad2697f2ef9917a08f78d0845c3ba

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 0e28d955f3819a6853a36da78314e16cf216ee1fca310d50579d3778c844f743
x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 686ccb569750ba8f5b0cd00446383fdb28f6a445d5c533d3ab340ebbf21a8d6e
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8a1789f54fab28b9fbf4acb13d58eec8eb60eb80f45e1e04fb50159f8f30d0d1
i386
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.i386.rpm	SHA-256: a176e368ded1f340efc9d87e203013a1644a101f0ccb7b63d28cd10933cf0261
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.i386.rpm	SHA-256: d4b4178d9a7262e690a5e20a665013cb125ad2697f2ef9917a08f78d0845c3ba

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 0e28d955f3819a6853a36da78314e16cf216ee1fca310d50579d3778c844f743
x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 686ccb569750ba8f5b0cd00446383fdb28f6a445d5c533d3ab340ebbf21a8d6e
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8a1789f54fab28b9fbf4acb13d58eec8eb60eb80f45e1e04fb50159f8f30d0d1
i386
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.i386.rpm	SHA-256: a176e368ded1f340efc9d87e203013a1644a101f0ccb7b63d28cd10933cf0261
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.i386.rpm	SHA-256: d4b4178d9a7262e690a5e20a665013cb125ad2697f2ef9917a08f78d0845c3ba

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 0e28d955f3819a6853a36da78314e16cf216ee1fca310d50579d3778c844f743
s390x
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: fb079d4eccc2b8eaa65b9497a5830035267e14122577c127e2bdd42a96b7de9a
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 77deedf705f0b3eaf8709165435d550a0848953cfa8b1556768251276dc5a198

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 0e28d955f3819a6853a36da78314e16cf216ee1fca310d50579d3778c844f743
ppc
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 6b9b4bfcec3eb45e84761c8a024527014bc703c28d07df16bd798a592fb38a30
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 75f28638c22ad4582d11c44abbb048bdca64d6f431d56d9c071bc4ed750547a6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 0e28d955f3819a6853a36da78314e16cf216ee1fca310d50579d3778c844f743
x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 686ccb569750ba8f5b0cd00446383fdb28f6a445d5c533d3ab340ebbf21a8d6e
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8a1789f54fab28b9fbf4acb13d58eec8eb60eb80f45e1e04fb50159f8f30d0d1
i386
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.i386.rpm	SHA-256: a176e368ded1f340efc9d87e203013a1644a101f0ccb7b63d28cd10933cf0261
kpartx-0.4.7-34.el5_5.6.i386.rpm	SHA-256: d4b4178d9a7262e690a5e20a665013cb125ad2697f2ef9917a08f78d0845c3ba