RHBA-2015:0537 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated xfsprogs packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The xfsprogs packages contain a set of commands to use the XFS file system,
including the mkfs.xfs command to construct an XFS system.

The xfsprogs packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.2.1, which
provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
(BZ#1119940)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, when the "xfs-quota report -h" command was executed on a path or

device that did not exist, xfs-quota terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation
fault. This bug has been fixed, and xfs-quota now informs the user about a
nonexistent device with a warning message. (BZ#1077826)

• Previously, when the "xfs-quota report -h" command was executed on a symbolic

link to the real device, xfs-quota returned the "No such device or address"
message. This bug has been fixed, and xfs-quota accepts symbolic links as
expected. (BZ#1077841)

• When the sector size of the source file system was larger than 512 bytes, the

xfs_copy utility could create a corrupted copy of that system. In addition, the
utility exited with a non-zero return code in all cases, even if the operation
was successful. This update applies a patch to fix these bugs and the utility
now works as expected. (BZ#1100376, BZ#1105170)

• Prior to this update, the mkfs.xfs utility failed to create a file system

using sparse files hosted on 4k-sector file systems. This bug has been fixed,
and mkfs.xfs now operates correctly on sparse files. (BZ#1101236)

• Previously, if xfs_repair of a file system with stripe geometry copied a

backup superblock due to a damaged primary superblock, it caused the stripe
geometry to zero out. Consequently, an inconsistency with the backup superblocks
occurred, which a subsequent xfs_repair noted as corruption. With this
update, the backup superblock stripe geometry is copied to the primary
superblock, and the file system is wholly consistent after the first repair.
(BZ#1150857)

• Prior to this update, xfs_repair was calculating the maximum allowable file

offset incorrectly , which led to an incorrect report of corruption when a file
existed with a logical block offset at the file system design limit. With this
update, xfs_repair has been fixed so that the aforementioned behavior is not
identified as corruption. (BZ#1173146)

Users of xfsprogs 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.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.3 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1100376 - xfsprogs: xfs_copy succeeds but exits with error code
• BZ - 1101236 - mkfs.xfs fails on sparse files
• BZ - 1105170 - xfs_copy will make a corrupted target when source sector is over 512
• BZ - 1119940 - Rebase xfsprogs to 3.2.1
• BZ - 1142555 - update xfs.5 manpage for supported chattr attributes
• BZ - 1173146 - xfs: xfs corruption after xfstests/xfs/071
• BZ - 1175133 - man page typo in xfs_quota
• BZ - 1175627 - mismatch xfs_quota "project" command and manual page

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)