Issued:
2012-12-20
Updated:
2012-12-20

RHBA-2012:1599 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

device-mapper-multipath bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated device-mapper-multipath packages that fix one bug are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The device-mapper-multipath packages provide tools to manage multipath devices
using the device-mapper multipath kernel module.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • If the initrd RAM disk was not rebuilt when a new storage device was added to

the system, the new device could be assigned a user_friendly_names value that
collided with a value already assigned to another device. Consequently, the
original device then stopped working correctly. Now, the multipathd daemon
accepts the "-B" option, which makes the user_friendly_names bindings file
read-only. When initrd calls multipath with the "-B" option, devices without a
binding to a user_friendly_names use their World Wide Identifier (WWID) instead,
thus fixing this bug. (BZ#858010)

All users of device-mapper-multipath are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which fix this 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/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

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: c287a75b8a2daf87c877ded10ac26aa626a5691df6b8e14be2f20b21fd57934f
x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f06a56ad5b5b2aa450204be7de8cbd7f8d29f073f811c7cec931dbf660aea7cb
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f8e57a55dc591525efe763500495c387f50a46b9d8060dbf88d82a677073a2ea
kpartx-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 40fe50a743ef7f07377076658ab633a1c41e1a56b83eef5dee4694e20ed878f2
ia64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 801d3ee056ee2da0ea1f1431a495b11fa066e286b657e223742312761ac77856
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: ed6c9e92feb046b20aa5944ea72e02db36ea1b0b5c32f486823452fd333b980e
kpartx-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: e7e0966aeb468453ae6835e67bb9c5baefa6b319dd0fa27bc9d4063864a84272
i386
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2403f34de89c4f854ba74f908db46d2c8abedde4d48c371c92de04264b0f9b2f
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2c338d8b59f4e84c0a5e83ec5dcb79b9e6b513cd2fd2c81cb5645544bc32b774
kpartx-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 8d74594559164ff8fb137db01dbc074f98722474a9a967695b2ce36563ed4458

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: c287a75b8a2daf87c877ded10ac26aa626a5691df6b8e14be2f20b21fd57934f
x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f06a56ad5b5b2aa450204be7de8cbd7f8d29f073f811c7cec931dbf660aea7cb
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f8e57a55dc591525efe763500495c387f50a46b9d8060dbf88d82a677073a2ea
kpartx-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 40fe50a743ef7f07377076658ab633a1c41e1a56b83eef5dee4694e20ed878f2
i386
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2403f34de89c4f854ba74f908db46d2c8abedde4d48c371c92de04264b0f9b2f
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2c338d8b59f4e84c0a5e83ec5dcb79b9e6b513cd2fd2c81cb5645544bc32b774
kpartx-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 8d74594559164ff8fb137db01dbc074f98722474a9a967695b2ce36563ed4458

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: c287a75b8a2daf87c877ded10ac26aa626a5691df6b8e14be2f20b21fd57934f
x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f06a56ad5b5b2aa450204be7de8cbd7f8d29f073f811c7cec931dbf660aea7cb
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f8e57a55dc591525efe763500495c387f50a46b9d8060dbf88d82a677073a2ea
kpartx-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 40fe50a743ef7f07377076658ab633a1c41e1a56b83eef5dee4694e20ed878f2
i386
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2403f34de89c4f854ba74f908db46d2c8abedde4d48c371c92de04264b0f9b2f
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2c338d8b59f4e84c0a5e83ec5dcb79b9e6b513cd2fd2c81cb5645544bc32b774
kpartx-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 8d74594559164ff8fb137db01dbc074f98722474a9a967695b2ce36563ed4458

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: c287a75b8a2daf87c877ded10ac26aa626a5691df6b8e14be2f20b21fd57934f
s390x
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 34289c607f5eede2406434b96fd393d394b8ae108366336a178384261c406cb9
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 99b60bcb2a773b3e77e74d48c47c0f870021e989a0b51391f9bd8b748965cf29
kpartx-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5fffb8e51085468c793f5f152f45961e55d12bb3ba104fbb0f95e5be8116cf7f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: c287a75b8a2daf87c877ded10ac26aa626a5691df6b8e14be2f20b21fd57934f
ppc
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.ppc.rpm SHA-256: a341e02bc5d09859c313e8f38e083747658612fdc18332296e0cd5b2a60a5d26
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 6b494d151a400cf38676c5e9f1a783cfa517d1013178e56826b17d63cdfe2c4c
kpartx-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 429d1be1f7413e7d3da583a60dbaec27e5e57d7d6693f7b8bb7b8d12b9c6f692

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.src.rpm SHA-256: c287a75b8a2daf87c877ded10ac26aa626a5691df6b8e14be2f20b21fd57934f
x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f06a56ad5b5b2aa450204be7de8cbd7f8d29f073f811c7cec931dbf660aea7cb
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f8e57a55dc591525efe763500495c387f50a46b9d8060dbf88d82a677073a2ea
kpartx-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 40fe50a743ef7f07377076658ab633a1c41e1a56b83eef5dee4694e20ed878f2
i386
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2403f34de89c4f854ba74f908db46d2c8abedde4d48c371c92de04264b0f9b2f
device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2c338d8b59f4e84c0a5e83ec5dcb79b9e6b513cd2fd2c81cb5645544bc32b774
kpartx-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 8d74594559164ff8fb137db01dbc074f98722474a9a967695b2ce36563ed4458

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