RHBA-2016:1818 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated udev packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Extended Update Support.

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 provide better hot plug functionality.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the udev device manager applied permission changes only on add events. As a consequence, using the VDSM service to connect to storage pools failed. This update ensures that udev changes permissions on all appropriate events, which enables VDSM to connect to storage pools properly. (BZ#1371454)

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1371454 - [6.6.z] udev applies permission changes only on add events

CVEs

(none)

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#normal