Synopsis

initscripts bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated initscripts packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The initscripts packages contain basic system scripts to boot the system, change
runlevels, activate and deactivate most network interfaces, and shut down the
system cleanly.

Bugs:

• Due to a race condition, the multicast_snooping bridging option failed to be
  applied before creating a bridge device. With this update, multicast_snooping is
  applied after the bridge is up, and the option now works as intended.
  (BZ#1129624)
  
• Previously, the rc.sysinit script only set affinity for PID 1 (init), which
  caused that processes that were run from sysinit did not inherit this setting.
  This update sets affinity also for the script itself, and thus initscripts
  correctly set affinity for all running processes. (BZ#957706)
  
• The net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables key was previously applied on all
  systems. Consequently, when a kernel module was missing, harmless but
  unnecessary messages were returned. The rules have been relocated from
  sysctl.conf, which ensures that they are applied only if needed. (BZ#919472)
  
• When a shutdown was attempted while an NFS Client machine had I/O in progress
  on an NFS mount, the system became unresponsive during shutdown. This update
  applies a lazy mount, within which all processes that have open File Descriptors
  (FDs) are found and killed, and hangs thus no longer occur in this situation.
  (BZ#1101546)
  
• Previously, the netconsole starting priority was set to 50, which caused that
  netconsole was started late during the system boot. This update lowers the
  priority so that netconsole starts right after the network is up. (BZ#1136863)
  
• If resolv.conf.save was present, resolv.conf was overwritten by the content of
  resolv.conf.save. As a consequence, unexpected changes could occur to
  resolve.conf. Now, the content of resolv.conf is replaced only when the device
  is dynamically configured or contains DNS options in its ifcfg file.
  (BZ#1157816)
  
• Previously, the broadcast address was not computed correctly due to the ipcalc
  utility not being aware of RFC 3021. With this update, ipcalc correctly
  recognizes RFC 3021, thus fixing this bug. (BZ#997271)
  
• Previously, network aliases did not inherit the ARPCHECK variable from their
  parents, which caused that parents where not checked for duplicate IP addresses
  but their aliases did check them. With this update, alias devices inherit
  ARPCHECK. (BZ#1109588)
  
• Previously, a syntax error occurred when using the tcsh shell along with the
  grep utility, returning the following error after logging:
  

grep: character class syntax is [[:space:]], not [:space:]

The lang.csh code has been fixed, and error messages are no longer returned in
this scenario. (BZ#1164902)

• Prior to this update, if the system became unresponsive during boot, the
  administrator was not able to determine the cause. This update adds more
  informative messages returned by rc.sysinit. In addition, a new rc.debug option
  for the kernel command line has been added, so that the administrator receives
  proper debugging information. (BZ#1168664)
  
• Due to a syntax error in the install_bonding_driver() function, the following
  error message was returned:
  

/sys/class/net/bonding/slaves: No such file or directory

The syntax error has been fixed, and the aforementioned error message is no
longer returned. (BZ#1176999)

• Previously, network initscripts silently failed if the root was on the network
  file system and did not perform any action, which was confusing. Now, network
  initscripts print the following message to inform the system administrator:
  

rootfs is on network filesystem, leaving network up

(BZ#1189337)

• Previously, the "ip addr flush" command was called with global scope, which is
  incorrect for loopback addresses. Consequently, the system could become
  unresponsive. With this update, the scope host for loopback is used, and the
  flush operation works as expected. (BZ#1072967)
  

Users of initscripts 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 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

Fixes

• BZ - 883856 - lsb-defined pidofproc function has false positives
• BZ - 994323 - Delay needed after upsdrvctl shutdown
• BZ - 997271 - ipcalc does not understand RFC3021
• BZ - 1072967 - server hangup on shutdown when using NIS and oracle
• BZ - 1109588 - Determining if ipaddress is already in use
• BZ - 1136337 - Creation of bonds with similar names fails
• BZ - 1157816 - resolv.conf is overwritten if resolv.conf.save exists
• BZ - 1164902 - grep: character class syntax is [[:space:]], not [:space:]" printed for every tcsh shell
• BZ - 1168664 - rc.sysinit needs to be more verbose

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 8c58663cb2b2a673d432885491c0fe789433eff592f8b69cb806d79e43774f90
x86_64
debugmode-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0c86a5379554f02746744adb0535839dfc379599ee88f7850476fcfe4637f0fe
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0f065802f2f1601e276320a18099794831e2c4860116cea9d78f1bddbd61677b
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 33b3ecf7483cba78b290c690fdc3f869e99483fbe22ae55ac0694f11458411e4
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 33b3ecf7483cba78b290c690fdc3f869e99483fbe22ae55ac0694f11458411e4
i386
debugmode-9.03.49-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 57efb7e34600702ba1e4375646ef41b2796426a454fac50ea9fe34769ce90a1d
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 486c2f74fcfe51015878270a15c15dae2362a9248eb878b2ccbdedc092168c3b
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 6f8a5b1618881f79d3460c5bd0f5a348c793aa9d6e982c31ceb298c78cf04e04
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 6f8a5b1618881f79d3460c5bd0f5a348c793aa9d6e982c31ceb298c78cf04e04

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 8c58663cb2b2a673d432885491c0fe789433eff592f8b69cb806d79e43774f90
x86_64
debugmode-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0c86a5379554f02746744adb0535839dfc379599ee88f7850476fcfe4637f0fe
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0f065802f2f1601e276320a18099794831e2c4860116cea9d78f1bddbd61677b
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 33b3ecf7483cba78b290c690fdc3f869e99483fbe22ae55ac0694f11458411e4
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 33b3ecf7483cba78b290c690fdc3f869e99483fbe22ae55ac0694f11458411e4
i386
debugmode-9.03.49-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 57efb7e34600702ba1e4375646ef41b2796426a454fac50ea9fe34769ce90a1d
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 486c2f74fcfe51015878270a15c15dae2362a9248eb878b2ccbdedc092168c3b
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 6f8a5b1618881f79d3460c5bd0f5a348c793aa9d6e982c31ceb298c78cf04e04
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 6f8a5b1618881f79d3460c5bd0f5a348c793aa9d6e982c31ceb298c78cf04e04

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 8c58663cb2b2a673d432885491c0fe789433eff592f8b69cb806d79e43774f90
x86_64
debugmode-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0c86a5379554f02746744adb0535839dfc379599ee88f7850476fcfe4637f0fe
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0f065802f2f1601e276320a18099794831e2c4860116cea9d78f1bddbd61677b
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 33b3ecf7483cba78b290c690fdc3f869e99483fbe22ae55ac0694f11458411e4
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 33b3ecf7483cba78b290c690fdc3f869e99483fbe22ae55ac0694f11458411e4
i386
debugmode-9.03.49-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 57efb7e34600702ba1e4375646ef41b2796426a454fac50ea9fe34769ce90a1d
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 486c2f74fcfe51015878270a15c15dae2362a9248eb878b2ccbdedc092168c3b
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 6f8a5b1618881f79d3460c5bd0f5a348c793aa9d6e982c31ceb298c78cf04e04
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 6f8a5b1618881f79d3460c5bd0f5a348c793aa9d6e982c31ceb298c78cf04e04

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 8c58663cb2b2a673d432885491c0fe789433eff592f8b69cb806d79e43774f90
s390x
debugmode-9.03.49-1.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 82936e7fe8185e38611cfcea0757d13b43a2a035a1b698916c16433ce2edab58
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 5338e4af2a12ffd81ac47f2431e994f35963feb788e6e81296d7ec656d034e0f
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 478952100fc3f9b033742fa5893c213831c3c591dd1ea75310f07c9d87ab66b1
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 478952100fc3f9b033742fa5893c213831c3c591dd1ea75310f07c9d87ab66b1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 8c58663cb2b2a673d432885491c0fe789433eff592f8b69cb806d79e43774f90
ppc64
debugmode-9.03.49-1.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: c81c3d48360b73eb6a33e5cf6ac2261a4d7872d21d67bb91405492e55028b956
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 2876a71648c2225a02a35dbc35f117665b4cfbbe4110478563556055cbc88e44
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 2d974a807f4760ef5e594310692744c787683d294e6925ff27bad7cdd36f09a7
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 2d974a807f4760ef5e594310692744c787683d294e6925ff27bad7cdd36f09a7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 8c58663cb2b2a673d432885491c0fe789433eff592f8b69cb806d79e43774f90
x86_64
debugmode-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0c86a5379554f02746744adb0535839dfc379599ee88f7850476fcfe4637f0fe
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0f065802f2f1601e276320a18099794831e2c4860116cea9d78f1bddbd61677b
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 33b3ecf7483cba78b290c690fdc3f869e99483fbe22ae55ac0694f11458411e4
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 33b3ecf7483cba78b290c690fdc3f869e99483fbe22ae55ac0694f11458411e4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 8c58663cb2b2a673d432885491c0fe789433eff592f8b69cb806d79e43774f90
x86_64
debugmode-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0c86a5379554f02746744adb0535839dfc379599ee88f7850476fcfe4637f0fe
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0f065802f2f1601e276320a18099794831e2c4860116cea9d78f1bddbd61677b
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 33b3ecf7483cba78b290c690fdc3f869e99483fbe22ae55ac0694f11458411e4
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 33b3ecf7483cba78b290c690fdc3f869e99483fbe22ae55ac0694f11458411e4
i386
debugmode-9.03.49-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 57efb7e34600702ba1e4375646ef41b2796426a454fac50ea9fe34769ce90a1d
initscripts-9.03.49-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 486c2f74fcfe51015878270a15c15dae2362a9248eb878b2ccbdedc092168c3b
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 6f8a5b1618881f79d3460c5bd0f5a348c793aa9d6e982c31ceb298c78cf04e04
initscripts-debuginfo-9.03.49-1.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 6f8a5b1618881f79d3460c5bd0f5a348c793aa9d6e982c31ceb298c78cf04e04