RHBA-2014:1387 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated lvm2 packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The lvm2 packages provide support for Logical Volume Management (LVM).

These updated lvm2 packages include numerous bug fixes and enhancements. Space
precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed
to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Technical Notes for information on the most
significant of these changes:

https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.6_Technical_Notes/sec-389-ds-base.html#RHBA-2014-1387

Users of lvm2 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these
bugs and add these 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/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 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 Resilient Storage for x86_64 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 669111 - Avoid partial pvmoves by only committing the change after all the data has been moved.
• BZ - 692186 - HA LVM mirror repair can print worrisome messages on device failure + service relocation
• BZ - 811348 - raid down conversion gives confusing message when specifying too few images to remove
• BZ - 815680 - Update of man page to reflect new thinp functionality
• BZ - 821932 - Provide reporting fields to access each attribute individually
• BZ - 829920 - LVM RAID creation should be able to use '-l 100%FREE'
• BZ - 834050 - Unable to create striped raid on VGs with 1k extent sizes
• BZ - 857064 - vgdisplay -A shows VolumeGroups which are not active
• BZ - 875930 - vgsplit can not split two device mirrors where the log and a leg share the same device
• BZ - 877221 - lvconvert --repair won't reuse physical volumes
• BZ - 878948 - Concurrent activations of same LV race against each other with "Device or resource busy"
• BZ - 880395 - lvm2app needs a way to set pv metadata size and count
• BZ - 892991 - [lvmetad] RAID or mirror leg failure is not handled when using lvmetad
• BZ - 901697 - 'Parse error at byte 77 (line 5): unexpected token' during multiple raid volume creation
• BZ - 905063 - Multiple issues with lvm2 and 2-disk mirrored configurations
• BZ - 906120 - Add more description to man pages about lvm / dmsetup use of hyphens in device names
• BZ - 951600 - Provide error-free read-only access to clustered VG metadata visible on a non-clustered system using --readonly.
• BZ - 960396 - pvmove on clustered VG should check the modules and the service on all the nodes before proceeding
• BZ - 986687 - Make options in "report" lvm.conf section as well as "global/{units|si_unit_consistency|suffix|lvdisplay_shows_full_device_path}" settings profilable
• BZ - 989174 - lvm2app lvm_vg_reduce() can delete a volume group
• BZ - 995157 - [RHEL 6.4] LVM allows setting of clustered attribute on VG even though clvmd or cluster configured or running.
• BZ - 997223 - lvm2 doesn't clean signatures it can find on newly created LVs (md, swap,crypt-luks)
• BZ - 1016218 - overkill of 'socket connect' messages when lvmetad is not running
• BZ - 1018803 - Not a very useful error on lvconvert from raid to thinpool
• BZ - 1020877 - lvm2 does mishandle implicit availability changes
• BZ - 1024347 - "device-mapper: remove ioctl on failed" error when converting to thin pool volume
• BZ - 1035871 - lvm2 calculates snapshot space incorrectly
• BZ - 1049296 - Avoid incorrectly dropping locks when lvm forks off a sub-process such as fsadm
• BZ - 1084157 - Incompatible versions of lvm2 cluster can be installed at the same time
• BZ - 1085553 - When lvmetad is used, LVs do not properly report as 'p'artial
• BZ - 1089229 - strict dependency between lvm2 and device-mapper
• BZ - 1095843 - LVM cache: Not all sub-LVs renamed when caching a RAID LV
• BZ - 1112551 - Provide criteria-based LVM reporting
• BZ - 1113539 - Always reevaluate filters before creating a PV - do not rely on a persistent filter which may contain old info
• BZ - 1114078 - need a more graceful error when attempting to cache an origin that is already cached
• BZ - 1120564 - Incorrect persistent filter (/etc/lvm/cache/.cache) is generated after vgcreate that also created PV causing other LVM commands to ignore devices
• BZ - 1121216 - '--alloc' option needs to be allowed with 'lvconvert --repair'
• BZ - 1122698 - lvextend and lvresize -l+100%FREE failed to extend or resize raid or mirror volumes
• BZ - 1124766 - Wrong error displayed when trying to exclusively deactivate already inactive LV on a single host (non-clustered)
• BZ - 1125154 - Remove possible spurious "Physical volume <pv_name> not found" messages during PV creation
• BZ - 1125849 - dmeventd[10531]: segfault at 50 ip 00007f1f2e1660e7 sp 00007f1f2f0fc398 error 4 in libc-2.12.so[7f1f2e0d8000+18b000] - dev is NULL
• BZ - 1127451 - Add lv_layout and lv_role reporting fields
• BZ - 1127700 - pvmove prints out a superfluous warning about skipping mirrored LV but does the move.
• BZ - 1127929 - "dev_is_mpath: failed to get device for 8:1" error when pvcreating
• BZ - 1129311 - pvcreate on a dev with existing MD signature confuses .cache
• BZ - 1130168 - DM_DEFERRED_REMOVE support is missing from dmsetup
• BZ - 1132547 - Thin pool incorrectly updates transaction_id when it is skipped via volume_list
• BZ - 1134577 - resyncing mirror extend behavior change

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.6_Technical_Notes/sec-389-ds-base.html#RHBA-2014-1387