RHBA-2012:0925 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated util-linux-ng packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The util-linux-ng packages contain a set of low-level system utilities that are
necessary for a Linux operating system to function.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• The console login time-out value was set to 60 seconds. This could cause the

login to time out during the name lookup process on systems with broken DNS
(Domain Name Service). With this update, the timeout value has been prolonged to
180 seconds to allow the login process to complete name lookups under these
circumstances. (BZ#588419)

• The "fdisk -l" and "sfdisk -l" commands returned confusing warnings for

unpartitioned devices similar to the following:

Disk /dev/mapper/[volume name] doesn't contain a valid partition table

With this update, the commands ignore unpartitioned devices and the problem no
longer occurs. (BZ#740163)

• Previously, after the installation of the uuidd package, the uuidd daemon was

not enabled by default. With this update, the underlying code has been modified
and the uuidd daemon is enabled after installation as expected and can be
started by the init script after reboot. (BZ#785142)

• Previously, the script command did not work correctly if called from the csh

shell in the /etc/csh.login file. The child processes created by the script
inherited the SIGTERM ignore property from csh and could not be terminated with
the signal. With this update, the script resets the SIGTERM setting so that the
shell is started with the default SIGTERM behavior and its children accept
signals as expected. (BZ#797888)

All users of util-linux-ng are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which fix these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via 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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• 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 (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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