RHBA-2017:0740 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for sanlock is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The sanlock packages provide a shared storage lock manager. Hosts with shared access to a block device or a file can use sanlock to synchronize their activities. VDSM and libvirt use sanlock to synchronize access to shared devices or files.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Users of sanlock are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

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 Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Virtualization 3 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise 3 for RHEL 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1344139 - RHEL6 sanlock package needs dependency on shadow-utils or directly on the binary files used at preinstall scriptlet

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.9_Release_Notes/index.html
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.9_Technical_Notes/index.html