Synopsis

parted bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated parted package that fixes several bugs is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The GNU Parted program allows creating, destructing, resizing, moving, and
copying of hard disk partitions. Parted can be used to create space for new
operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the parted utility did not handle the return value of
  the dm_task_run() call correctly on device-mapper devices. As a consequence,
  parted returned a 0 exit status even if an error occurred. The utility has been
  modified and now correctly returns 1 if an error occurs. (BZ#582907)
  
• The mkpartfs command did not correctly handle partitions greater than 2
  terabytes (TB) due to truncation of calculated block addresses. As a
  consequence, mkpartfs terminated with an error message. With this update,
  mkpartfs can now handle partitions greater than 2TB correctly. (BZ#584057)
  
• Prior to this update, parted incorrectly calculated the position of a new
  partition if the size of the partition was 1 or smaller (for example 1GB,
  0.5GB). This was due to the snap_to_boundaries() function which rounded the
  endpoint of the partition down. As a result, an extremely small partition was
  created. The source code has been modified and defining units smaller than 1 is
  no longer allowed. The next smaller units should be used; for example, 500MB
  instead of 0.5GB. The 0 value is still allowed when specifying the start of the
  device. (BZ#623268)
  
• Previously, parted did not recognize more than 128 block devices. As a
  consequence, the model item displayed "Unknown". This update adds support for
  devices with major numbers in the range of 128 to 135 and the model name is now
  displayed correctly. (BZ#675650)
  

All users of parted are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
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 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 - 582907 - [RHEL-5] Parted & partprobe return zero(success) status even under error conditions
• BZ - 584057 - [RHEL-5] parted mkpartfs command does not handle partition >2TB
• BZ - 623268 - Parted command improperly rounds 1GB partitions

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 186e14aede000752b33b3cbc56827146a9dbeded7f1112577aac931e5a05b5f3
x86_64
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 32e91924695884ebd378cda0d042096de114f1e575f15fb098c7d058e85831f0
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: d7765ed3fdbc2c0d0999002cfbdb5b26591485b16d38dc4f638c6789e0ab9b3c
parted-devel-1.8.1-29.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5a2bce8e32857bf0db86f7ba12cf9f788eb9bdbb62e5b14c2b67bad965215784
parted-devel-1.8.1-29.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fa2e58ff01223452e340d74694b8696ec01d61ddab93cdbd97c138becbb18651
ia64
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 33a5c9ac802f4d67823f705687d474f8136903497992db7801e4347a6524abc3
parted-devel-1.8.1-29.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 72e2511b90d7046a72ba6b019da4ae6ddaf445d259ec4669984b7be97b7f2ecf
i386
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 32e91924695884ebd378cda0d042096de114f1e575f15fb098c7d058e85831f0
parted-devel-1.8.1-29.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5a2bce8e32857bf0db86f7ba12cf9f788eb9bdbb62e5b14c2b67bad965215784

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 186e14aede000752b33b3cbc56827146a9dbeded7f1112577aac931e5a05b5f3
x86_64
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 32e91924695884ebd378cda0d042096de114f1e575f15fb098c7d058e85831f0
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: d7765ed3fdbc2c0d0999002cfbdb5b26591485b16d38dc4f638c6789e0ab9b3c
parted-devel-1.8.1-29.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5a2bce8e32857bf0db86f7ba12cf9f788eb9bdbb62e5b14c2b67bad965215784
parted-devel-1.8.1-29.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fa2e58ff01223452e340d74694b8696ec01d61ddab93cdbd97c138becbb18651
i386
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 32e91924695884ebd378cda0d042096de114f1e575f15fb098c7d058e85831f0
parted-devel-1.8.1-29.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5a2bce8e32857bf0db86f7ba12cf9f788eb9bdbb62e5b14c2b67bad965215784

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 186e14aede000752b33b3cbc56827146a9dbeded7f1112577aac931e5a05b5f3
x86_64
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 32e91924695884ebd378cda0d042096de114f1e575f15fb098c7d058e85831f0
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: d7765ed3fdbc2c0d0999002cfbdb5b26591485b16d38dc4f638c6789e0ab9b3c
i386
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 32e91924695884ebd378cda0d042096de114f1e575f15fb098c7d058e85831f0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 186e14aede000752b33b3cbc56827146a9dbeded7f1112577aac931e5a05b5f3
s390x
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 4f37b7ad3c1b8b71d850378b323b255c20bb7775f56e97137d720be96c3fda6d
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: e0a196207c3144393bbccbdea396d940ea9f6abf90a9a09a443b59d0455cd2ed
parted-devel-1.8.1-29.el5.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 9c19d7f5fd75757a217253348ec1e3c444d69316ec2ad38c0c4f817d8bcb8452
parted-devel-1.8.1-29.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 7f75d2e87236df174521287a225628eddfb84fc622c5ee956fac1fb05c8fe8cf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 186e14aede000752b33b3cbc56827146a9dbeded7f1112577aac931e5a05b5f3
ppc
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 5c1cf003e6084c9d7805e3c60fabc284b1c8740dedb707f1398411ca82ee0bc4
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 0d4dae293a1d3c53957d6e1aaa2dd625267ad6083303d08f662d78c511080a50
parted-devel-1.8.1-29.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 6b34115a4bca3b7753c8f464bfbbb90fb0e5ba534abe7ad4b95a29ba604e941c
parted-devel-1.8.1-29.el5.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 75dc5e3fb91a3c0563601b3628a38512baef5de1035af49c473a1f204f662d07

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 186e14aede000752b33b3cbc56827146a9dbeded7f1112577aac931e5a05b5f3
x86_64
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 32e91924695884ebd378cda0d042096de114f1e575f15fb098c7d058e85831f0
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: d7765ed3fdbc2c0d0999002cfbdb5b26591485b16d38dc4f638c6789e0ab9b3c
parted-devel-1.8.1-29.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5a2bce8e32857bf0db86f7ba12cf9f788eb9bdbb62e5b14c2b67bad965215784
parted-devel-1.8.1-29.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fa2e58ff01223452e340d74694b8696ec01d61ddab93cdbd97c138becbb18651
i386
parted-1.8.1-29.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 32e91924695884ebd378cda0d042096de114f1e575f15fb098c7d058e85831f0
parted-devel-1.8.1-29.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5a2bce8e32857bf0db86f7ba12cf9f788eb9bdbb62e5b14c2b67bad965215784