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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2015:1362 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2015-07-22
Updated:
2015-07-22

RHBA-2015:1362 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

sysvinit bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

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

Description

The sysvinit packages contain programs that control basic system processes.
SysVinit includes the init program, which is the first program started by the
Linux kernel when the system boots. The init daemon process is the parent of all
processes and continues running until the system is shut down. The sysvinit
packages also contain many commonly used utilities, such as reboot, shutdown,
poweroff, and sulogin.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • If a running binary is replaced, its executable symbolic link in the /proc

file system is appended with "(deleted)". Previously, the pidof utility could
not handle the suffix. As a consequence, pidof falsely reported that there was
no running binary with the original path. With this update, the "(deleted)"
suffix is removed when parsing /proc, and pidof works correctly in the described
situation. (BZ#760251)

  • Usually, init scripts have the same name as the respective daemons and when

the init script looks for the name of the daemon, the PID of the init script
that starts the search needs to be excluded. Previously, the pidofproc()
function could falsely identify certain processes started by an init script as
the daemon of the same name, as the init script could, for example, be running
twice. Consequently, pidofproc() failed to return the correct PID of the daemon.
With this update, a new "-m" option is available for the pidof utility. The new
"-m" option makes it possible to omit any processes that are similar to those
explicitly ignored. (BZ#883857)

Users of sysvinit 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

  • BZ - 760251 - pidof breaks after prelink
  • BZ - 883857 - lsb-defined pidofproc function has false positives

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
sysvinit-2.87-6.dsf.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 2afa8e4df1b62f45739f10b4b3e0b2782ea421a259772946665504c916bd3a5b
x86_64
sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-6.dsf.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4377920f717feea9d8b9b3040233b962f08e85772a79b70eebc980c96807927d
sysvinit-tools-2.87-6.dsf.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bd29b3b94e6c485c284100f32c7af14ea29cc7483aaa0fd970cb0743b437dcf7
i386
sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-6.dsf.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b57186b9cb95293061fc4cdf696d7865d3e7410a5d6d569df50cdd1a848d20a3
sysvinit-tools-2.87-6.dsf.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2ba1fffcb85d31a31282d70e85c6acb09610de12639a2b2c8f48ad83e342b24c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
sysvinit-2.87-6.dsf.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 2afa8e4df1b62f45739f10b4b3e0b2782ea421a259772946665504c916bd3a5b
x86_64
sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-6.dsf.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4377920f717feea9d8b9b3040233b962f08e85772a79b70eebc980c96807927d
sysvinit-tools-2.87-6.dsf.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bd29b3b94e6c485c284100f32c7af14ea29cc7483aaa0fd970cb0743b437dcf7
i386
sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-6.dsf.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b57186b9cb95293061fc4cdf696d7865d3e7410a5d6d569df50cdd1a848d20a3
sysvinit-tools-2.87-6.dsf.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2ba1fffcb85d31a31282d70e85c6acb09610de12639a2b2c8f48ad83e342b24c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
sysvinit-2.87-6.dsf.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 2afa8e4df1b62f45739f10b4b3e0b2782ea421a259772946665504c916bd3a5b
x86_64
sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-6.dsf.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4377920f717feea9d8b9b3040233b962f08e85772a79b70eebc980c96807927d
sysvinit-tools-2.87-6.dsf.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bd29b3b94e6c485c284100f32c7af14ea29cc7483aaa0fd970cb0743b437dcf7
i386
sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-6.dsf.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b57186b9cb95293061fc4cdf696d7865d3e7410a5d6d569df50cdd1a848d20a3
sysvinit-tools-2.87-6.dsf.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2ba1fffcb85d31a31282d70e85c6acb09610de12639a2b2c8f48ad83e342b24c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
sysvinit-2.87-6.dsf.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 2afa8e4df1b62f45739f10b4b3e0b2782ea421a259772946665504c916bd3a5b
x86_64
sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-6.dsf.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4377920f717feea9d8b9b3040233b962f08e85772a79b70eebc980c96807927d
sysvinit-tools-2.87-6.dsf.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bd29b3b94e6c485c284100f32c7af14ea29cc7483aaa0fd970cb0743b437dcf7
i386
sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-6.dsf.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b57186b9cb95293061fc4cdf696d7865d3e7410a5d6d569df50cdd1a848d20a3
sysvinit-tools-2.87-6.dsf.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2ba1fffcb85d31a31282d70e85c6acb09610de12639a2b2c8f48ad83e342b24c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
sysvinit-2.87-6.dsf.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 2afa8e4df1b62f45739f10b4b3e0b2782ea421a259772946665504c916bd3a5b
s390x
sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-6.dsf.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1fda15c2bd365edabb2a40895ebe9c40709821775aa152ac1e9f952105b2b470
sysvinit-tools-2.87-6.dsf.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6ec83d460f34f8763397e40d9a7ae358734b6a620759225d7e215abfa7e5096e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
sysvinit-2.87-6.dsf.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 2afa8e4df1b62f45739f10b4b3e0b2782ea421a259772946665504c916bd3a5b
ppc64
sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-6.dsf.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 61cc659c780455bb9c2ed96dd17835ae5dec33bfbc543997d6c416903dccf57e
sysvinit-tools-2.87-6.dsf.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: d756d15d35c1411682d2326e77402ca3c42fbde0f781a4629bb0ae3be4ebd866

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
sysvinit-2.87-6.dsf.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 2afa8e4df1b62f45739f10b4b3e0b2782ea421a259772946665504c916bd3a5b
x86_64
sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-6.dsf.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4377920f717feea9d8b9b3040233b962f08e85772a79b70eebc980c96807927d
sysvinit-tools-2.87-6.dsf.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bd29b3b94e6c485c284100f32c7af14ea29cc7483aaa0fd970cb0743b437dcf7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
sysvinit-2.87-6.dsf.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 2afa8e4df1b62f45739f10b4b3e0b2782ea421a259772946665504c916bd3a5b
x86_64
sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-6.dsf.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4377920f717feea9d8b9b3040233b962f08e85772a79b70eebc980c96807927d
sysvinit-tools-2.87-6.dsf.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bd29b3b94e6c485c284100f32c7af14ea29cc7483aaa0fd970cb0743b437dcf7
i386
sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-6.dsf.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b57186b9cb95293061fc4cdf696d7865d3e7410a5d6d569df50cdd1a848d20a3
sysvinit-tools-2.87-6.dsf.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2ba1fffcb85d31a31282d70e85c6acb09610de12639a2b2c8f48ad83e342b24c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
sysvinit-2.87-6.dsf.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 2afa8e4df1b62f45739f10b4b3e0b2782ea421a259772946665504c916bd3a5b
s390x
sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-6.dsf.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1fda15c2bd365edabb2a40895ebe9c40709821775aa152ac1e9f952105b2b470
sysvinit-tools-2.87-6.dsf.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6ec83d460f34f8763397e40d9a7ae358734b6a620759225d7e215abfa7e5096e

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