RHBA-2011:0525 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated udev packages that fix several bugs and add an enhancement are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The udev packages implement a dynamic device-directory, providing only the
devices present on the system. This dynamic directory runs in user-space,
dynamically creates and removes devices, provides consistent naming, and a
user-space API. udev replaces devfs, providing greater hot plug functionality.

These updated udev packages include numerous bug fixes and an enhancement. Space
precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed
to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 Technical Notes for information on the most
significant of these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.1_Technical_Notes/index.html

All udev users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve
these issues and add this enhancement.

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 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 617572 - volume dial breaks keyboard handling
• BZ - 644330 - udevadm info --query=env doesn't quote responses
• BZ - 647794 - RHEL 6 guest sees only blank media
• BZ - 656059 - [Cisco 6.1 bug] udev wrongly renaming ethernet devices with zero macs
• BZ - 657360 - udevadm segfaults in debug mode
• BZ - 663064 - usb autosuspend configuration should be persistent
• BZ - 667750 - /dev/hugepages should be created/mounted automatically
• BZ - 674168 - udev-acl: Correctly handle ENV{ACL_MANAGE}==0
• BZ - 677857 - [6.0] udev: udevadm trigger called from start_udev causes a segmentation fault
• BZ - 687956 - RHEL6.1-Beta DVD: unable to read repositories

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)