Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2012:0157 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2012-02-20
Updated:
2012-02-20

RHBA-2012:0157 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

mkinitrd bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated mkinitrd packages that fix multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The mkinitrd utility creates the initrd file system image. The initrd image is
an initial RAM disk that is loaded by a boot loader before the Linux kernel is
started.

These updated mkinitrd packages include numerous bug fixes. Space precludes
documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 Technical Notes for information on the most significant
of these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.8_Technical_Notes/mkinitrd.html#RHBA-2012-0157

All users of mkinitrd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
provide numerous bug fixes.

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 - 512892 - mkinitrd can add modules multiple times
  • BZ - 532207 - /sbin/new-kernel-pkg and /sbin/mkinitrd errors from /sbin/scsi_id
  • BZ - 593096 - initrd is wrong with lvm.conf containing 'command_names = 1' or 'prefix='something''
  • BZ - 602409 - nash doesn't support dirsync mount option
  • BZ - 620699 - s390x mkinitrd lacks requirement on dmraid
  • BZ - 679581 - "grubby --info=ALL" segfaults with dual boot parameters in grub.conf
  • BZ - 696971 - grubby not updating arguments for all kernels when --update-kernel=ALL is used
  • BZ - 700102 - Add multipath to the list of limitations of mkinitrd's FIPS support in the man page

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: b9a9aa332833f0a21f9eff531343c03af88d47a343d5e103f5ac819d380cf9e3
x86_64
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-75.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 162e2646733de944ea9e9a616f1b1afa9e0204ea96e587e16663f52ec7999b4b
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 6510094441c9a0223d2895d654d862df7940c1f63703726103390026387e4665
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70d1452d1c13f689ed85d10cf937c816b15177a68a370907fc9a98a9715bd2e0
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: faf3f8a27ef495dd29542a6f4277d9930099943f523b01b1f315e647e3dcbd0d
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-75.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 817edc20f7672c108a9839284843d2ca2680bdb08082198f0119cfd6e44dcb6f
nash-5.1.19.6-75.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bdfb60e77f1934385e5e0709028b5da1f8a49fbad16b1a90d248fa994930de3a
ia64
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-75.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 2976e6bd884b1c42c338807d57c8b8dc26a4c6c2d1b659d2e55f24344ab4aa91
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: eb22f34b671bb83747ab2c17b665b9f90e48b2a5e52a3953276826f9f5e7b6ce
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-75.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0dfaa53508126c6d419d3e0707bb2124e5a160cec797329267f23d7a26a89c7f
nash-5.1.19.6-75.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0095b0e40df9a9e21be7630479a46e33b0068765aeade725da00996f1baa9515
i386
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5c61eadf9513ec4565a48a0a58d73bc5db875b3e0d903dc0678d8c63dae9661b
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 6510094441c9a0223d2895d654d862df7940c1f63703726103390026387e4665
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: faf3f8a27ef495dd29542a6f4277d9930099943f523b01b1f315e647e3dcbd0d
nash-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: b767ec47cf6d7e23f98712bc00d91487fe8d565f3c3543e4e9bbceea82ff85b1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: b9a9aa332833f0a21f9eff531343c03af88d47a343d5e103f5ac819d380cf9e3
x86_64
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-75.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 162e2646733de944ea9e9a616f1b1afa9e0204ea96e587e16663f52ec7999b4b
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 6510094441c9a0223d2895d654d862df7940c1f63703726103390026387e4665
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70d1452d1c13f689ed85d10cf937c816b15177a68a370907fc9a98a9715bd2e0
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: faf3f8a27ef495dd29542a6f4277d9930099943f523b01b1f315e647e3dcbd0d
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-75.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 817edc20f7672c108a9839284843d2ca2680bdb08082198f0119cfd6e44dcb6f
nash-5.1.19.6-75.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bdfb60e77f1934385e5e0709028b5da1f8a49fbad16b1a90d248fa994930de3a
i386
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5c61eadf9513ec4565a48a0a58d73bc5db875b3e0d903dc0678d8c63dae9661b
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 6510094441c9a0223d2895d654d862df7940c1f63703726103390026387e4665
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: faf3f8a27ef495dd29542a6f4277d9930099943f523b01b1f315e647e3dcbd0d
nash-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: b767ec47cf6d7e23f98712bc00d91487fe8d565f3c3543e4e9bbceea82ff85b1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: b9a9aa332833f0a21f9eff531343c03af88d47a343d5e103f5ac819d380cf9e3
x86_64
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-75.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 162e2646733de944ea9e9a616f1b1afa9e0204ea96e587e16663f52ec7999b4b
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 6510094441c9a0223d2895d654d862df7940c1f63703726103390026387e4665
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70d1452d1c13f689ed85d10cf937c816b15177a68a370907fc9a98a9715bd2e0
nash-5.1.19.6-75.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bdfb60e77f1934385e5e0709028b5da1f8a49fbad16b1a90d248fa994930de3a
i386
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5c61eadf9513ec4565a48a0a58d73bc5db875b3e0d903dc0678d8c63dae9661b
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 6510094441c9a0223d2895d654d862df7940c1f63703726103390026387e4665
nash-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: b767ec47cf6d7e23f98712bc00d91487fe8d565f3c3543e4e9bbceea82ff85b1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: b9a9aa332833f0a21f9eff531343c03af88d47a343d5e103f5ac819d380cf9e3
s390x
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-75.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b5f04ec1502ff7587aea1ef2031efa9c1954eaa5d0703590c11e8fcc0d913668
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.s390.rpm SHA-256: 26f46a0f2faf6cc828b72ed978eca72549b5cb163dac8128ceb5a5fb120a1028
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6efa2d57a6604bf857fb3dbeab6d4c0dce0ff424e1366b67b7bc3d8fc7d95e6d
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-75.el5.s390.rpm SHA-256: 0564bbec351b9d8983cf4ff81b056a1b47a595af8688704013d75cfbe77aa2ef
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-75.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6950dde6a10357df0942e1486d42815d830cc0a777d74ea7f3c50bea2b0beee4
nash-5.1.19.6-75.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: d3caf32ec30a34c24b59ea2df67617e3fd5a79c8eec5448bfaa3e41fe383edd8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: b9a9aa332833f0a21f9eff531343c03af88d47a343d5e103f5ac819d380cf9e3
ppc
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-75.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: db862bd5084fee4e5a28c6fb0469e062e69ace55fbdf307b886e747fd9ca60ab
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 960bf5fa20d28298724f8e16acab07d56eae4b18e6d92dfdfc129a8affe77dae
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 3c3976e872cf10baa53997f658fa95db908ec47b866da50e92584381d867db50
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-75.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: b17561bb8f1a2c4830aec148ab3b7bda12a04355479a73969b51fd5292484628
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-75.el5.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: c65e97be314dc2931c178a2d11d2d14d4eaad2cf7e42534050caebfc5d246c1b
nash-5.1.19.6-75.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: ad14f187cbee08dd1e3955a8651567850e09d9651470a9d7f15dff690a2bef8e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: b9a9aa332833f0a21f9eff531343c03af88d47a343d5e103f5ac819d380cf9e3
x86_64
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-75.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 162e2646733de944ea9e9a616f1b1afa9e0204ea96e587e16663f52ec7999b4b
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 6510094441c9a0223d2895d654d862df7940c1f63703726103390026387e4665
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70d1452d1c13f689ed85d10cf937c816b15177a68a370907fc9a98a9715bd2e0
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: faf3f8a27ef495dd29542a6f4277d9930099943f523b01b1f315e647e3dcbd0d
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-75.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 817edc20f7672c108a9839284843d2ca2680bdb08082198f0119cfd6e44dcb6f
nash-5.1.19.6-75.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bdfb60e77f1934385e5e0709028b5da1f8a49fbad16b1a90d248fa994930de3a
i386
libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5c61eadf9513ec4565a48a0a58d73bc5db875b3e0d903dc0678d8c63dae9661b
mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 6510094441c9a0223d2895d654d862df7940c1f63703726103390026387e4665
mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: faf3f8a27ef495dd29542a6f4277d9930099943f523b01b1f315e647e3dcbd0d
nash-5.1.19.6-75.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: b767ec47cf6d7e23f98712bc00d91487fe8d565f3c3543e4e9bbceea82ff85b1

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