RHBA-2013:0518 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated initscripts packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements
are now available.

Description

The initscripts package contains basic system scripts to boot the system, change
runlevels, activate and deactivate most network interfaces, and shut the system
down cleanly.

These updated initscripts package includes numerous bug fixes and various
enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory.
Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Technical Notes for
information on the most significant of these changes:

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.4_Technical_Notes/initscripts.html

All users of initscripts are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
provide numerous bug fixes and two enhancements.

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 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

• BZ - 669700 - Size parameter for tmpfs in fstab is not applied during reboot.
• BZ - 713757 - ifup script can't reconize bridge device name "brbond0.XX"
• BZ - 714230 - similar to bugs 462095/676708, ifdown-eth does not support VLAN tags on descriptively-named interfaces
• BZ - 723936 - Interfacing naming unpredictable when specifying HWADDR on subinterfaces
• BZ - 815431 - feature request: deconfigure duplicate address check
• BZ - 846140 - crypttab tab man page password section needs to be updated
• BZ - 852005 - ifup-alias doesn't check an IP address for existence
• BZ - 856209 - Use vgchange -aay in rc.sysinit and netfs init script
• BZ - 869075 - The sysconfig.txt file advises users to use a command that fails with an error
• BZ - 870025 - typo in man page for crypttab
• BZ - 874030 - Bond mode changing through ifcfg changes has no effect.
• BZ - 880684 - ifup-aliases should check if master device is up before duplicity check and also allow to disable duplicate check for aliases
• BZ - 893395 - bond - some slave device is not up after bond start

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.4_Technical_Notes/initscripts.html