RHBA-2015:1652 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated udev packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.

Description

The udev packages implement a dynamic device-directory, providing only the
devices present on the system. This dynamic directory runs in user space,
dynamically creates and removes devices, provides consistent naming, and a
user-space API. The udev packages replace the devfs package and provides better
hot plug functionality.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the udev manager in some cases aborted the "PROGRAM" helper tools,

which resulted in missing symbolic links. With this update, the patch that
introduced this problem has been reverted, and udev now properly executes all
"PROGRAM" tools and creates the appropriate links. (BZ#1153729)

Users of udev are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this
bug.

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 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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