RHBA-2011:0085 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated util-linux packages that fix various bugs are now available.

Description

The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system
utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among
others, util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login
program.

The updated packages include the following fixes:

• The fdisk(8) command showed wrong partition name on device-mapper-multipath

devices. (BZ#448919)

• The ipcs(1) command returned wrong return code on errors. (BZ#465911)
• The man page for blockdev(8) was not up to date. (BZ#470497)
• The 'mount -a' command was not able to detect that some pseudo

filesystems (e.g. tmpfs) are already mounted. (BZ#475509)

• The "~/.hushlogin" file was invisible for the login(1) command if

the home directory was on NFS. (BZ#488192)

• The PAM configuration of the login(1) command initialized the keyring

at an inconvenient time. (BZ#245578)

• The man page for login(1) had obsolete information about

users switching. (BZ#495192)

• The script(1) command didn't log to the utmp database. (BZ#490693)
• The fdisk(8) and sfdisk(8) commands used unnecessary sleep(2)

calls. (BZ#502639)

• The fdisk(8) command was not able create partition with starting beyond

1 TiB. (BZ#471369)

• The sfdisk(8) command didn't ensure writes make it to disk. (BZ#565946)
• The flock(1) command faulted when file name is not given.(BZ#513369)
• The man page for mount(8) didn't describe all vfat options for non-UTF8

locale. (BZ#515149)

• The remount of bind mounts wasn't properly documented in the man page for

mount(8). (BZ#568194)

• The 'cal -3' command generated improperly formatted output. (BZ#458055)
• The /etc/udev/rules.d/60-raw.rules file was trashed by util-linux update.

(BZ#612423)

• The mount(8) command produced spurious warning when /bin/mount

wasn't set-uid. (BZ#559302)

Users of util-linux should upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues.

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 - 245578 - login's "remote" PAM configuration inits the keyring at an inconvenient time
• BZ - 448919 - fdisk -l shows wrong partition name on device-mapper-multipath devices
• BZ - 458055 - "cal -3" generates improperly formatted output
• BZ - 465911 - ipcs returns 0 when some errors occured.
• BZ - 470497 - blockdev man page missing information
• BZ - 471369 - RHEL5: fdisk cannot create partition with starting beyond 1 TB
• BZ - 488192 - login: access("/nfs-home/.hushlogin", R_OK) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
• BZ - 490693 - Add utempter support to "script"
• BZ - 495192 - RHEL5: login command does not allow for switching users
• BZ - 515149 - man mount(8) doesn't describe all necessary options for mounting vfat filesystems in case of working in non-UTF8 locale
• BZ - 559302 - spurious mount warning when /bin/mount not setuid root
• BZ - 565946 - sfdisk does not ensure writes make it to disk
• BZ - 568194 - RHEL5: remount of bind mounts is not properly documented
• BZ - 612423 - etc/udev/rules.d/60-raw.rules gets trashed by util-linux on update.

CVEs

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References

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