Synopsis

cpio bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated cpio packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.

Description

The cpio packages provide the GNU cpio file archiver utility. GNU cpio can be
used to copy and extract files into or from cpio and Tar archives. This update
is related to the following bug:

• Prior to this update, the cpio man page did not document how to use tape
  devices that do not use the default block size of 512 bytes for I/O operations.
  As a result, the cpio utility could fail with the error message "cpio: read
  error: Cannot allocate memory" if another block size was used. With this update,
  the man page states that setting the block size with the "--block-size" long
  option avoids this problem. (BZ#573943)
  

All users of cpio are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that 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 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 - 573943 - Technical note: Better document cpio behavior when using tape mechanic (find proper block size)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
cpio-2.6-25.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: f1ba440c0529578af6ee4b6114cb653693fce256eb5520812fe4f50fff43ae92
x86_64
cpio-2.6-25.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9e2911c24065135cd534a92546210f12db91202fcd4b02121099cfb8c00f5d37
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a9e682ea3264b731d8fb1c65e73466170ba7fa2f7ee62ccefcaba974af792120
ia64
cpio-2.6-25.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 7f08174666acc990d8201e03837e852cae693a43b4cba2f78061a00e07571413
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 5d8e802a95b8f591a82121b548a5faf9380176c6c2ee85d1526fa28af83b8b9e
i386
cpio-2.6-25.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 2c6de1f5903a57489f788273ae1fadca83de1927d4ce3840c3dea6021f85e41b
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 137c0d937305bf8be15fb7d6e526a7d53414be72c60246de3ebb60d6ebd2c7f7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
cpio-2.6-25.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: f1ba440c0529578af6ee4b6114cb653693fce256eb5520812fe4f50fff43ae92
x86_64
cpio-2.6-25.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9e2911c24065135cd534a92546210f12db91202fcd4b02121099cfb8c00f5d37
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a9e682ea3264b731d8fb1c65e73466170ba7fa2f7ee62ccefcaba974af792120
i386
cpio-2.6-25.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 2c6de1f5903a57489f788273ae1fadca83de1927d4ce3840c3dea6021f85e41b
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 137c0d937305bf8be15fb7d6e526a7d53414be72c60246de3ebb60d6ebd2c7f7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
cpio-2.6-25.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: f1ba440c0529578af6ee4b6114cb653693fce256eb5520812fe4f50fff43ae92
x86_64
cpio-2.6-25.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9e2911c24065135cd534a92546210f12db91202fcd4b02121099cfb8c00f5d37
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a9e682ea3264b731d8fb1c65e73466170ba7fa2f7ee62ccefcaba974af792120
i386
cpio-2.6-25.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 2c6de1f5903a57489f788273ae1fadca83de1927d4ce3840c3dea6021f85e41b
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 137c0d937305bf8be15fb7d6e526a7d53414be72c60246de3ebb60d6ebd2c7f7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
cpio-2.6-25.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: f1ba440c0529578af6ee4b6114cb653693fce256eb5520812fe4f50fff43ae92
s390x
cpio-2.6-25.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 58115a771ed26aa7d7fb28b1e8ec230b5d91deddf038476b7d19dc2562239dc0
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: f2aaa931ff0ec5fefecd9f93e26b38bf76534c46608e627bfeda2d4ff8f024cc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
cpio-2.6-25.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: f1ba440c0529578af6ee4b6114cb653693fce256eb5520812fe4f50fff43ae92
ppc
cpio-2.6-25.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 7fce1a0a709421666d741624acd212e8be0cd0f1a1ee9e5dcc1788e5f852e2f6
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: e46447a280669931e98e50629515419fb0752ebfe7d31640c286e2239019d750

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
cpio-2.6-25.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: f1ba440c0529578af6ee4b6114cb653693fce256eb5520812fe4f50fff43ae92
x86_64
cpio-2.6-25.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9e2911c24065135cd534a92546210f12db91202fcd4b02121099cfb8c00f5d37
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: a9e682ea3264b731d8fb1c65e73466170ba7fa2f7ee62ccefcaba974af792120
i386
cpio-2.6-25.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 2c6de1f5903a57489f788273ae1fadca83de1927d4ce3840c3dea6021f85e41b
cpio-debuginfo-2.6-25.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 137c0d937305bf8be15fb7d6e526a7d53414be72c60246de3ebb60d6ebd2c7f7