RHBA-2014:1576 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

Red Hat Storage is software-only, scale-out storage that provides flexible and
affordable unstructured data storage for an enterprise. GlusterFS, a key
building block of Red Hat Storage, is based on a stackable user-space design and
can deliver exceptional performance for diverse workloads. GlusterFS aggregates
various storage servers over network interconnections into one large, parallel
network file system.

The glusterfs packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.6.0, which
provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
(BZ#1095604)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

• When trying to mount a remote gluster share using the "backupvolfile-server"

option, the process failed and returned an "Invalid argument" error message. A
new mount point option, backup-volfile-servers, has been added to provide
backward compatibility and allows remote gluster shares to be mounted
successfully. (BZ#1044797)

• Previously, when updating the gluster utility from Red Hat Enterprise Linux

6.5 to version 6.6, glusterfs-libs POSTIN scriptlet terminated unexpectedly. The
underlying source code has been patched, and POSTIN no longer fails.
(BZ#1119205)

Users of glusterfs 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• 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 - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1044797 - mount option "backupvolfile-server" causes mount to fail with "Invalid argument"
• BZ - 1095604 - Update glusterfs client rpms to latest in RHEL 6

CVEs

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References

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