RHBA-2012:0910 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated dmraid packages that fix multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The dmraid packages provide the ATARAID/DDF1 activation tool. The tool supports
RAID device discovery and RAID set activation. It also displays properties for
ATARAID/DDF1-formatted RAID sets on Linux kernels using the device-mapper
utility.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, a grub installation failed silently on a dmraid mirror

because the device geometry of RAID sets was not set properly. Consequently, the
set partition's MBR failed to be created and the partition failed to boot. With
this update, the underlying code has been modified and the geometry on dmraid
devices is set up correctly. (BZ#729971)

• The dmraid binary was compiled without gcc's -g option and the debuginfo file

did not contain the ".debug_info" section. Consequently, it was not possible to
generate debugging information and debug dmraid properly. With this update, the
binary has been compiled with the proper debugging options and the problem no
longer occurs. (BZ#729032)

• When the dmraid tool was accessing a 4 KB sector or smaller, it returned a

misleading error message. With this update, the library function that checks the
device size has been modified and the error message is no longer displayed under
these circumstances. (BZ#701501)

All users of dmraid are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these 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/knowledge/articles/11258/

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 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 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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