Issued:
2016-02-25
Updated:
2016-02-25

RHBA-2016:0298 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

findutils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated findutils packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

[Updated 11 August 2016]
This advisory has been updated with the correct product version (that is, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) in the Topic section. The packages included in this revised update have not been changed in any way from the packages included in the original advisory.

Description

The findutils packages contain programs to locate files on the system. The find utility searches through a hierarchy of directories looking for files that match a certain set of criteria, such as the file name pattern. The xargs utility builds and executes command lines from standard input arguments.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, calls of the stat() function were not handled correctly

when they failed. Consequently, if a stat() call failed, the "find" utility terminated unexpectedly due to assertion failure. With this update, when stat() fails, "find" prints a non-fatal error message and continues the traversal. As a result, "find" no longer terminates incorrectly if stat() fails. (BZ#1305063)

Users of findutils 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 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 - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1305063 - find command crashes on assertion failure after stat() failure

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
x86_64
findutils-4.4.2-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 96d78b48452215c56923d4ea85f1818b4b76ee3b8e7ac38fbef3fada606e710c
findutils-debuginfo-4.4.2-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e02569923cc1320f26ba218ec5ef6121838f6acf9ba2d84440127742776c6f53
i386
findutils-4.4.2-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1752448da987a8872dfcb4a5c40efa21d2fc085f87e3f0d04e895755891848aa
findutils-debuginfo-4.4.2-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 583b87291982ba700bf8de708ba5c6c37fffef8151a212cdd7a01cb679dc930f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
x86_64
findutils-4.4.2-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 96d78b48452215c56923d4ea85f1818b4b76ee3b8e7ac38fbef3fada606e710c
findutils-debuginfo-4.4.2-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e02569923cc1320f26ba218ec5ef6121838f6acf9ba2d84440127742776c6f53
i386
findutils-4.4.2-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1752448da987a8872dfcb4a5c40efa21d2fc085f87e3f0d04e895755891848aa
findutils-debuginfo-4.4.2-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 583b87291982ba700bf8de708ba5c6c37fffef8151a212cdd7a01cb679dc930f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
x86_64
findutils-4.4.2-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 96d78b48452215c56923d4ea85f1818b4b76ee3b8e7ac38fbef3fada606e710c
findutils-debuginfo-4.4.2-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e02569923cc1320f26ba218ec5ef6121838f6acf9ba2d84440127742776c6f53
i386
findutils-4.4.2-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1752448da987a8872dfcb4a5c40efa21d2fc085f87e3f0d04e895755891848aa
findutils-debuginfo-4.4.2-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 583b87291982ba700bf8de708ba5c6c37fffef8151a212cdd7a01cb679dc930f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
x86_64
findutils-4.4.2-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 96d78b48452215c56923d4ea85f1818b4b76ee3b8e7ac38fbef3fada606e710c
findutils-debuginfo-4.4.2-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e02569923cc1320f26ba218ec5ef6121838f6acf9ba2d84440127742776c6f53
i386
findutils-4.4.2-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 1752448da987a8872dfcb4a5c40efa21d2fc085f87e3f0d04e895755891848aa
findutils-debuginfo-4.4.2-9.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 583b87291982ba700bf8de708ba5c6c37fffef8151a212cdd7a01cb679dc930f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
s390x
findutils-4.4.2-9.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1de0e4202b392cb686c7ee7e0cea71149a87d936430ae1e76a97905fb2808467
findutils-debuginfo-4.4.2-9.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7bc6ecf76a06d523463aa687a67aef3e7975933b4a9481c0c78ef01d164f0c62

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
ppc64
findutils-4.4.2-9.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: c3ab4f0d1e0e23103d5ef205e9ff6c2b993da27121c094af04cdbfb5a6811144
findutils-debuginfo-4.4.2-9.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 1ea0a477a4a6f5e5932086ff0cb23ae38dcbaf1483084c521bf1fca89841b185

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
x86_64
findutils-4.4.2-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 96d78b48452215c56923d4ea85f1818b4b76ee3b8e7ac38fbef3fada606e710c
findutils-debuginfo-4.4.2-9.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e02569923cc1320f26ba218ec5ef6121838f6acf9ba2d84440127742776c6f53

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

SRPM
s390x
findutils-4.4.2-9.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1de0e4202b392cb686c7ee7e0cea71149a87d936430ae1e76a97905fb2808467
findutils-debuginfo-4.4.2-9.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7bc6ecf76a06d523463aa687a67aef3e7975933b4a9481c0c78ef01d164f0c62

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