Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2012:0026 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2012-01-17
Updated:
2012-01-17

RHBA-2012:0026 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

busybox bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated busybox packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

BusyBox is a binary that combines a large number of common system utilities into
a single executable. BusyBox provides replacements for most GNU fileutils,
shellutils, and so on.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, the findfs command did not release used file descriptors.

Therefore, the system could run out of free file descriptors on the systems with
a large amount (thousands) of block devices. As a consequence, findfs failed to
check all existing block devices on the system which could cause other problems,
such as a kdump service failure. This update modifies BusyBox so that findfs now
releases file descriptors properly and checks all block devices as expected.
(BZ#761532)

All users of BusyBox are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug.

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

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c7d7d821f25ba19feff770466642e12a922f3612b09a3b4a4cd3ae3465594803
x86_64
busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 66d126edbcdbbb4276d3b986f3f118dffc036f88eab605079d36ea56b435fbaf
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 619bee342f31f346ec373dac6c3f91b071aeffd467cdabd76cf742310b2fc304
ia64
busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: c97251046d8803cb711a2b8355cd863161b99a2adb813b510d5f89c4dde462a9
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: a08652a35f986c0e194fec90fd7aa4f0ae8c96351fdc46c68ff7ea792c1e37c4
i386
busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 506285d4e82b744a621eca22835ebfdce89c948cbdc36222374a8e2d50026f3a
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 92dd06222a67000b5b0a46913703a5d950d5e077d6c82654d5fb89d0915512b6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c7d7d821f25ba19feff770466642e12a922f3612b09a3b4a4cd3ae3465594803
x86_64
busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 66d126edbcdbbb4276d3b986f3f118dffc036f88eab605079d36ea56b435fbaf
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 619bee342f31f346ec373dac6c3f91b071aeffd467cdabd76cf742310b2fc304
i386
busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 506285d4e82b744a621eca22835ebfdce89c948cbdc36222374a8e2d50026f3a
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 92dd06222a67000b5b0a46913703a5d950d5e077d6c82654d5fb89d0915512b6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c7d7d821f25ba19feff770466642e12a922f3612b09a3b4a4cd3ae3465594803
x86_64
busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 66d126edbcdbbb4276d3b986f3f118dffc036f88eab605079d36ea56b435fbaf
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 619bee342f31f346ec373dac6c3f91b071aeffd467cdabd76cf742310b2fc304
i386
busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 506285d4e82b744a621eca22835ebfdce89c948cbdc36222374a8e2d50026f3a
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 92dd06222a67000b5b0a46913703a5d950d5e077d6c82654d5fb89d0915512b6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c7d7d821f25ba19feff770466642e12a922f3612b09a3b4a4cd3ae3465594803
s390x
busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e97ff9c5237eb1ad51e0b079055994d1abf30fe6c10a23756d6f648148ce610a
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ae070a2602ec3e47f0c80c1d86b0026c1f2bc420fe9d42f19961d6f1c2ddd87e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c7d7d821f25ba19feff770466642e12a922f3612b09a3b4a4cd3ae3465594803
ppc
busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 223e2b00c0ac3caa1c93f9bc1664ce7ec1ae1b3611404d28321445d0a1dc63ca
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 3c47aabb960c409f7227f11561db98d4907a55e9030f45c2de249452aece594c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: c7d7d821f25ba19feff770466642e12a922f3612b09a3b4a4cd3ae3465594803
x86_64
busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 66d126edbcdbbb4276d3b986f3f118dffc036f88eab605079d36ea56b435fbaf
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 619bee342f31f346ec373dac6c3f91b071aeffd467cdabd76cf742310b2fc304
i386
busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 506285d4e82b744a621eca22835ebfdce89c948cbdc36222374a8e2d50026f3a
busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 92dd06222a67000b5b0a46913703a5d950d5e077d6c82654d5fb89d0915512b6

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