RHBA-2012:0883 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated xfsprogs packages that fix four bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The xfsprogs packages contain a set of commands to use the XFS file system,
including mkfs.xfs.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, certain file names could cause the xfs_metadump utility

to become suspended when generating obfuscated names. This update modifies the
underlying code so that xfs_metadump now works as expected. (BZ#730886)

• Prior to this update, the allocation group size (agsize) was computed

incorrectly during mkfs for some filesystem sizes. As a consequence, creating
file systems could fail if file system blocks within an allocation group
(agblocks) were increased past the maximum. This update modifies the computing
method so that agblocks are no longer increased past the maximum. (BZ#738279)

• Prior to this update, the xfs_quota utility failed with the error message

"xfs_quota: cannot initialise path table: No such file or directory" if an
invalid xfs entry was encountered in the mtab. This update modifies the
xfs_quota utility so that the xfs_quota utility now runs as expected.
(BZ#749434)

• Prior to this update, the xfs_quota utility reported that the project quota

values were twice as high as expected. This update modifies the xfs_quota
utility so that it now reports the correct values. (BZ#749435)

All users who use the XFS file system 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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Server) 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Workstation) 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 730886 - [xfs/xfstests 253] xfs_db metadump hang forever
• BZ - 749434 - [xfs/xfstests 261] xfs_quota exits immediately if bogus entry is in mtab
• BZ - 749435 - [xfs/xfstests 262] quota values reported were double what they should have been

CVEs

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References

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