Synopsis

quota bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated quota packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6.

Description

The quota packages contain a suite of system administration tools for monitoring
and limiting user and group disk usage on file systems.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the integer type was misinterpreted if a quota tool displayed the

grace time for an NFS-mounted file system when the soft quota limit for the
current user had been exceeded, and the grace quota time had already expired. As
a consequence, the quota command incorrectly reported a large number of days
instead of the "none" value. This update fixes the misinterpretation of the
integer type used to transfer grace times over the network. In addition, this
update limits the range of possible values to 32-bit signed integer boundaries
in order to ensure interoperability between NFS servers and clients with a
different CPU word size. As a result, the quota tools correctly report the grace
time that differ from the server time in the range from -2^31+1 to 2^31 seconds.
Lower values are reported as expired, higher as a maximal possible time that
stays unchanged until the difference is in the correct range. (BZ#1072404)

Users of quota 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.5 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.5 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 Update Support from RHUI 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1072404 - Wrong value for expired grace period retrieved over network

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)