RHBA-2011:0983 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated booty package that fixes various bugs is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The booty package provides a small python library which is used to create boot
loader configuration files for the Anaconda and up2date utilities.

This updated package includes fixes for the following bugs:

• The Anaconda utility incorrectly installed GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader) on

md RAID devices. According to the Anaconda's old setting, GRUB was installed to
look for a boot configuration on the hard disk it was running on. When RAID-1
(disk mirroring) was configured and the first hard drive failed, the system was
unable to continue the boot process. This could have happened because the second
hard drive became the new first hard drive but GRUB was still looking for the
second hard drive to boot from. This problem has been fixed and GRUB is now
installed correctly and refers to the right hard drive to boot from when one of
mirrors is lost. (BZ#213578)

• When a multipath device (mpath) name ended with a digit (for example:

rootpvp1), the Kickstart installation failed with a traceback report. This was
caused by an error in the mpath device name parser. This issue has been fixed
and a verification mechanism has been added to validate the mpath name. The
booty package now recognizes more mpath names and the installation fails with an
explanation if an invalid mpath name has been used. (BZ#572862)

• Prior this update, booty did not translate physical device names correctly for

md software RAID on dm devices (device-mapper subsystem devices), which caused
booty to crash during an installation. This issue has been fixed, physical
device names are translated correctly and booty no longer crashes in this case.
(BZ#667014)

All users of booty are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves these issues.

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 - 667014 - booty does not correctly translate physical device name for raids on dm devices

CVEs

(none)

References

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