RHBA-2011:1693 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated coreutils packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The coreutils packages contain the core GNU utilities. These packages combine
the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, SELinux appeared to be disabled when building coreutils

in Mock. As a result, coreutils did not build. With this update, SELinux
determines more precisely whether it is disabled or not. Now, the packages are
built successfully. (BZ#691292)

• Previously, incorrect signal handling could cause various problems for tcsh

users logging into the root shell using the su utility. Signal masking in the
subshell called by the su utility has been modified to respect the SIGTSTP
signal as well as the SIGSTOP signal. (BZ#703712)

• When using the "-Z/--context" option in the cp utility, the SELinux context of

a file was not changed if the file destination already existed. The utility has
been modified and the context is changed as expected. However, this option is
not portable to other systems. (BZ#715557)

• Prior to this update, the acl_extended_file() function could cause unnecessary

mounts of autofs when using the ls command on a directory with autofs mounted.
This update adds the new acl function, acl_extended_file_nofollow(), to prevent
unnecessary autofs mounts. (BZ#720325)

• The description of the "--sleep-interval" option in the tail(1) manual page

has been improved to be clearer about the behavior and to match the upstream
version of coreutils. (BZ#725618)

All users of coreutils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix these bugs.

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 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

Fixes

• BZ - 691292 - Coreutils fails to build in mock >= 1.1.9
• BZ - 703712 - shell suspend won't work
• BZ - 715557 - cp -Z , security context of file is NOT changed
• BZ - 720325 - "/bin/ls -l" does a getxattr() through libacl that should be an lgetxattr()

CVEs

(none)

References

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