RHBA-2013:0093 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated e2fsprogs packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The e2fsprogs packages provide a number of utilities for creating, checking,
modifying, and correcting any inconsistencies in the ext2 file systems.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Due to a bug in the resize2fs program, the size of the ext3 file system

created on a 16TB block device could not be modified. Consequently, the "device
too big" error occurred. This bug has been fixed and file systems residing on
16T block devices can now be re-sized within the existing file system size
limits. (BZ#701776)

• Previously, the uuidd daemon (uuidd) wrote an incorrect PID on startup to the

/var/lib/libuuid/uuidd.pid file. Consequently, the service utility showed the
incorrect status of uuidd because the stored PID was not the PID of the running
uuidd process. This bug has been fixed and the returned status of uuidd is now
correct in the described scenario. (BZ#707433)

Users of e2fsprogs 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 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

CVEs

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References

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