RHBA-2015:1357 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The parted packages provide tools to create, destroy, resize, move, and copy
hard disk partitions. The parted program can be used for creating space for new
operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Partitions that parted created while operating on device-mapper devices, such

as mpath, could be smaller than expected. This update modifies parted to convert
the native device sector size to 512 sector size when communicating with the
device-mapper library. As a result, partitions are created with the correct size
in the mentioned situation. (BZ#1189328)

• Previously, parted did not correctly handle disks or disk images where the

backup GUID Partition Table (GPT) header was missing or could not be found at
the expected location at the end of the disk. This situation can occur with
disks that are shorter or longer than when they were originally created.
Consequently, parted could terminate unexpectedly or prompt the user to have
parted fix the problem and fail to do so. A patch has been applied to fix GPT
backup header handling. Now, after the user instructs parted to fix the problem
in the described scenario, parted succeeds. (BZ#1180683)

Users of parted 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.

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

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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• 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 Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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