RHBA-2014:0438 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated gfs2-utils packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The gfs2-utils packages contain utilities for creating, checking, modifying, and
correcting any inconsistencies in GFS2 file systems.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, when the gfs2_grow, gfs2_tool, gfs2_jadd and gfs2_quota

utilities cleaned up the /etc/mtab file, the file's permissions were changed
from the default of 644 to 600. As a consequence, non-root processes could not
read /etc/mtab. This update fixes the code that cleans up the /etc/mtab file so
that it no longer modifies the /etc/mtab file's permissions. As a result,
processes are able to access the /etc/mtab file as expected. (BZ#1086861)

Users of gfs2-utils 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 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 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 - 1086861 - gfs2_grow changes mtab permissions to 600

CVEs

(none)

References

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