RHBA-2014:1565 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated xfsdump packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The xfsdump packages provide several utilities for managing XFS file systems,
including xfsrestore and xfsdump.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the xfsrestore command executed on a dumped XFS filesystem did not

properly restore file capabilities. This bug has been fixed and file
capabilities are now correctly restored by xfsrestore. (#905585)

• Previously, the xfsdump package did not create the /var/lib/xfsdump/inventory/

directory during installation. Consequently, the directory was created during
run time, and therefore it was not owned by the package. With this update,
/var/lib/xfsdump/inventory/ is created when the package is installed. Now,
xfsdump owns /var/lib/xfsdump/inventory/ as expected. (#1055655)

Users of xfsdump 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/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Server) 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Workstation) 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Server) from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Compute Node) 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 905585 - xfsrestore does not preserve file capabilities
• BZ - 1055655 - the xfs dump rpm does not include all of the required directories to allow the full functionality of the commands

CVEs

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References

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