- Issued:
- 2011-07-21
- Updated:
- 2011-07-21
RHBA-2011:1018 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
parted bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated parted package that fixes a bug is now available.
Description
The GNU Parted program allows the creation, destruction, resizing, moving, and
copying of hard disk partitions. Parted can be used for creating space for new
operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks.
This update fixes the following problem:
- Running partprobe after creating a new disk label resulted in a traceback.
This was caused when a device's sector size was greater than
PED_SECTOR_SIZE_DEFAULT (defined as 512 in include/parted/unit.h). A buffer
overrun in linux_read() then occurred because the length is greater than the
allocated 512 bytes for diobuf. This caused a heap corruption. This patch fixes
the issue. (BZ#564104)
All parted users should install the updated package, which resolves 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
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 - 564104 - [RHEL-5] partprobe after parted mklabel will bring a Backtrace
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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parted-1.8.1-28.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 18542d9c34d1569361937d20a4d9ac68bb50d593637e4bc76d4ba1342148c788 |
x86_64 | |
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1e1135f7ee3221fa13af79d8cbb0faf52be68237cb954cbb7907c6ad2d0a8a86 |
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 17f3fd33c90f9dab8afa5cc800a181da4f752480fdfdc17a497a226ce78e5623 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-28.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f4ea80eda6e19c33a6c60a90ba84068713ce0192dfaeb73520dc352b3ca03356 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-28.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7fb2897b4f7b0f4d93ac3a29aa60327c0dd82bb03222a75d1954980a6c26d294 |
ia64 | |
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 96cb15ea7569cbf310fdf4dd1f3fa8f06f5177943df9f89931c47f3d093a3385 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-28.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 75fc59ef5b5a878c6f8785e80ace131a4ae46d50b3de61620590e1b3c437cd6a |
i386 | |
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1e1135f7ee3221fa13af79d8cbb0faf52be68237cb954cbb7907c6ad2d0a8a86 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-28.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f4ea80eda6e19c33a6c60a90ba84068713ce0192dfaeb73520dc352b3ca03356 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 18542d9c34d1569361937d20a4d9ac68bb50d593637e4bc76d4ba1342148c788 |
x86_64 | |
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1e1135f7ee3221fa13af79d8cbb0faf52be68237cb954cbb7907c6ad2d0a8a86 |
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 17f3fd33c90f9dab8afa5cc800a181da4f752480fdfdc17a497a226ce78e5623 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-28.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f4ea80eda6e19c33a6c60a90ba84068713ce0192dfaeb73520dc352b3ca03356 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-28.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7fb2897b4f7b0f4d93ac3a29aa60327c0dd82bb03222a75d1954980a6c26d294 |
i386 | |
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1e1135f7ee3221fa13af79d8cbb0faf52be68237cb954cbb7907c6ad2d0a8a86 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-28.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f4ea80eda6e19c33a6c60a90ba84068713ce0192dfaeb73520dc352b3ca03356 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 18542d9c34d1569361937d20a4d9ac68bb50d593637e4bc76d4ba1342148c788 |
x86_64 | |
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1e1135f7ee3221fa13af79d8cbb0faf52be68237cb954cbb7907c6ad2d0a8a86 |
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 17f3fd33c90f9dab8afa5cc800a181da4f752480fdfdc17a497a226ce78e5623 |
i386 | |
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1e1135f7ee3221fa13af79d8cbb0faf52be68237cb954cbb7907c6ad2d0a8a86 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 18542d9c34d1569361937d20a4d9ac68bb50d593637e4bc76d4ba1342148c788 |
s390x | |
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 8e68569889ae8df4bd8da58a56794bce869691bc3c19464b1bddad3f536b038c |
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c171a288862f6c8ed836d36558a909ce9b19f74cd9660dad3f37bc2d2b55a6e3 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-28.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 9444bf621ad3882022768a1e477a4903b6e58dc0545846e5fc39c6936a76b93c |
parted-devel-1.8.1-28.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 1c75876e3ef119ab8de7ae2fb8e75cf9a43bf377c7a2e9883dd294a5baf8c1c3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 18542d9c34d1569361937d20a4d9ac68bb50d593637e4bc76d4ba1342148c788 |
ppc | |
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 5aff90d863a2e70db343814ee84087ee22422b216ab49702b0ef2ce32f87ee83 |
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 4362592be6dd8d2d7ea81f6c81540cf53c5bf149de450846ed40ec7b25a06515 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-28.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: e1a8045fa7fc44359b676502a3d7cd5ae8916bed125090c3cf0cce26ef5bdc63 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-28.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: e4a71be68eea60785a9b46a3add7ebc1d9c17dc581ef98c9a01609d1c9eb0de2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
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parted-1.8.1-28.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 18542d9c34d1569361937d20a4d9ac68bb50d593637e4bc76d4ba1342148c788 |
x86_64 | |
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1e1135f7ee3221fa13af79d8cbb0faf52be68237cb954cbb7907c6ad2d0a8a86 |
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 17f3fd33c90f9dab8afa5cc800a181da4f752480fdfdc17a497a226ce78e5623 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-28.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f4ea80eda6e19c33a6c60a90ba84068713ce0192dfaeb73520dc352b3ca03356 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-28.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7fb2897b4f7b0f4d93ac3a29aa60327c0dd82bb03222a75d1954980a6c26d294 |
i386 | |
parted-1.8.1-28.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1e1135f7ee3221fa13af79d8cbb0faf52be68237cb954cbb7907c6ad2d0a8a86 |
parted-devel-1.8.1-28.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f4ea80eda6e19c33a6c60a90ba84068713ce0192dfaeb73520dc352b3ca03356 |
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