RHBA-2014:1627 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated preupgrade-assistant-contents package that fixes several bugs and adds two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The preupgrade-assistant-contents package provides a set of scripts and plug-ins
that are used to assess the system before a major version upgrade. The scripts
and plug-ins are managed by the preupgrade-assistant package, which provides a
tool with a user interface to perform the system analysis.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, certain packages handled by the Preupgrade Assistant utility had

broken upgrade paths. As a consequence, these packages were not upgraded during
system assessment. This update fixes the upgrade paths and the correct files are
now downloaded and installed by the Preupgrade Assistant. (BZ#1075486)

• Previously, after performing an in-place upgrade when SELinux was in

"Enforcing" mode, the user could not log into the upgraded system. This bug has
been fixed an now in-place upgrades execute successfully with SELinux enabled.
(BZ#1145147)

• Previously, it was not possible to edit the GRUB menu after an in-place

upgrade and after GRUB had booted the new system. This bug has been fixed and
now it is possible to add and remove commands from the GRUB menu successfully.
(BZ#1146537)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

• This update adds support for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node variant

to the Preupgrade Assistant. (BZ#1127622)

• This update implements a check for the minor version of Red Hat Enterprise

Linux. This check ensures that your system is up-to-date for the upgrade.
(BZ#1127655)

Users of preupgrade-assistant-contents are advised to upgrade to this updated
package, which fixes these bugs and adds 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 Server 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 Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 1078220 - SELinux port modifications lost
• BZ - 1105313 - [RHEL7.0 PREUPGRADE] New /run partition conflicts with existing /run partitions
• BZ - 1110667 - Missing content for PolicyKit (polkit)
• BZ - 1110737 - libuser issues are not caught by any content
• BZ - 1142221 - preupgrade-assistant does not know cciss driver has been removed
• BZ - 1145147 - Can't login to in-place upgraded machine with enforced selinux

CVEs

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References

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