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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2020:3976 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2020-09-29
Updated:
2020-09-29

RHBA-2020:3976 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

mdadm bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for mdadm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 1774354 - [RHEL 7.9] mdcheck_continue.service cannot be started due to Invalid environment assignment, ignoring: MDADM_CHECK_DURATION='"6 hours"'
  • BZ - 1801605 - [Intel 7.9][VROC] Update mdadm to the latest upstream version

CVEs

(none)

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.9_release_notes/index
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4baee5b8a8b1af8544435438ce5d830217544d1dff24aee3503f09b3426e4a34
x86_64
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 12e5a19c594ccbce0507ce57297b8305033a07c474c9d4c176d70545e1a20b23
mdadm-debuginfo-4.1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ec97d8b46735c0136b765c3e144430039f0a13181e816698e4151f05e5a4076a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4baee5b8a8b1af8544435438ce5d830217544d1dff24aee3503f09b3426e4a34
x86_64
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 12e5a19c594ccbce0507ce57297b8305033a07c474c9d4c176d70545e1a20b23
mdadm-debuginfo-4.1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ec97d8b46735c0136b765c3e144430039f0a13181e816698e4151f05e5a4076a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4baee5b8a8b1af8544435438ce5d830217544d1dff24aee3503f09b3426e4a34
x86_64
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 12e5a19c594ccbce0507ce57297b8305033a07c474c9d4c176d70545e1a20b23
mdadm-debuginfo-4.1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ec97d8b46735c0136b765c3e144430039f0a13181e816698e4151f05e5a4076a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4baee5b8a8b1af8544435438ce5d830217544d1dff24aee3503f09b3426e4a34
x86_64
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 12e5a19c594ccbce0507ce57297b8305033a07c474c9d4c176d70545e1a20b23
mdadm-debuginfo-4.1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ec97d8b46735c0136b765c3e144430039f0a13181e816698e4151f05e5a4076a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4baee5b8a8b1af8544435438ce5d830217544d1dff24aee3503f09b3426e4a34
s390x
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1244cc43849142d2703cced718f2b54309a576709977e51a349a8ef7ce939374
mdadm-debuginfo-4.1-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: afe8b49a774f2a08b811c6fc8d6a3b460ebd761233ea4742fe24a5d62d40948c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4baee5b8a8b1af8544435438ce5d830217544d1dff24aee3503f09b3426e4a34
ppc64
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 6b0bb028641a6e7ac78e4ff06bd32f56a7d1ce87350c4a3b043163948be93134
mdadm-debuginfo-4.1-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 52db95264d434156d3f6fe55b452bc68105a95c8e18a3e7e5f597508f79acf9f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4baee5b8a8b1af8544435438ce5d830217544d1dff24aee3503f09b3426e4a34
x86_64
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 12e5a19c594ccbce0507ce57297b8305033a07c474c9d4c176d70545e1a20b23
mdadm-debuginfo-4.1-6.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ec97d8b46735c0136b765c3e144430039f0a13181e816698e4151f05e5a4076a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4baee5b8a8b1af8544435438ce5d830217544d1dff24aee3503f09b3426e4a34
ppc64le
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 580b05ec0a58336d36b1935714611776b54be0b03cf401c8f453c6601748a6e7
mdadm-debuginfo-4.1-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2c6154228cb5b6925d1efb9e8c243fd50cba9afb51f7e42f36fff052925bcbf8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7

SRPM
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4baee5b8a8b1af8544435438ce5d830217544d1dff24aee3503f09b3426e4a34
s390x
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1244cc43849142d2703cced718f2b54309a576709977e51a349a8ef7ce939374
mdadm-debuginfo-4.1-6.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: afe8b49a774f2a08b811c6fc8d6a3b460ebd761233ea4742fe24a5d62d40948c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7

SRPM
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4baee5b8a8b1af8544435438ce5d830217544d1dff24aee3503f09b3426e4a34
ppc64
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 6b0bb028641a6e7ac78e4ff06bd32f56a7d1ce87350c4a3b043163948be93134
mdadm-debuginfo-4.1-6.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 52db95264d434156d3f6fe55b452bc68105a95c8e18a3e7e5f597508f79acf9f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7

SRPM
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4baee5b8a8b1af8544435438ce5d830217544d1dff24aee3503f09b3426e4a34
ppc64le
mdadm-4.1-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 580b05ec0a58336d36b1935714611776b54be0b03cf401c8f453c6601748a6e7
mdadm-debuginfo-4.1-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2c6154228cb5b6925d1efb9e8c243fd50cba9afb51f7e42f36fff052925bcbf8

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