RHBA-2011:1080 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated e2fsprogs packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The e2fsprogs packages contain a number of utilities that create, check, modify,
and correct inconsistencies in ext2, ext3, and ext4 file systems. This includes
e2fsck (which repairs file system inconsistencies after an unclean shut down),
mke2fs (which initializes a partition to contain an empty file system), tune2fs
(which modifies file system parameters), and most of the other core file system
utilities.

These updated e2fsprogs packages include a number of bug fixes and enhancements.
Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Refer to the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 Technical Notes for information about these
changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.7_Technical_Notes/e2fsprogs.html#RHBA-2011-1080

All e2fsprogs users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
provide a number of bug fixes and enhancements.

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 - 489842 - lsattr and chattr exit with 0 even if the file does not exist
• BZ - 491385 - after resize2fs, e2fsck reports wrong block count for resize inode
• BZ - 506643 - e2fsprogs libblkid probe_all() can mismatch devices, causing mount failure
• BZ - 562044 - e2fsck does not correct all errors in filesystem
• BZ - 563909 - [feature] add garbage collection routine to blkid
• BZ - 579836 - backport fix for upstream #1809658 from 1.40.4 - libcom_err bug
• BZ - 606757 - chattr and lsattr always return 0
• BZ - 607843 - fsck exits with signal 11 (segmentation fault)
• BZ - 618134 - fsck returns zero instead of error code
• BZ - 637920 - blkid: caching fixes for tag search ("blkid -l -t LABEL=" returns empty results)
• BZ - 669676 - Package e2fsprogs fails to build in brew
• BZ - 675694 - blkid crashes on a server with more than 128 storage devices
• BZ - 681071 - e2fsck fails to fix errors in filesystem

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.7_Technical_Notes/e2fsprogs.html#RHBA-2011-1080