RHBA-2014:1222 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated e2fsprogs packages that fix several 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 ext2 and ext3 file systems.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, under certain circumstances, the e2fsck utility handled

incorrectly a file system error state stored in the journal superblock, which
could cause the file system to be marked as "in error". With this update, such
errors are properly propagated from the journal to the file system superblock,
and e2fsck now clears errors from the journal properly if no recovery is
required. (BZ#885073)

• Previously, the /usr/sbin/uuidd daemon was incorrectly assigned a user and

group of root/root. Consequently, this deamon could gain root privileges and be
directly executed by root. Moreover, the UID could have been reused in the
passwd database, potentially causing a security leak. With this update, the
uuidd daemon is assigned the "uuidd" user and group, thus fixing this bug.
(BZ#905027)

• Previously, the chattr and lsattr commands did not properly return an error

when operating on symbolic links. The underlying source code has been fixed, and
performing these operations on symbolic links now correctly returns the
"Operation not supported" message. (BZ#910214)

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/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 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

• BZ - 885073 - Backport commit '63b3913dbc0bc7cdf8a63f3bdb0c8d7d605e9a40' and '6d75685e2b76f4099589ad33732cf59f279b5d65' from upstream e2fsprogs to RHEL5 e2fsprogs
• BZ - 905027 - uuidd: /usr/sbin/uuidd has incorrect file permissions

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)