Issued:
2021-11-09
Updated:
2021-11-09

RHBA-2021:4372 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

autofs bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for autofs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.5 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 for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1912106 - Using -hosts option does not resolve host from /etc/hosts and mount failes
  • BZ - 1958485 - autofs amd type host mounts fail for certain host names
  • BZ - 1958487 - autofs amd mounts present in the configuration get umounted on reload
  • BZ - 1961492 - autofs: regression in offset ordering
  • BZ - 1963129 - auto.master manpage doesn't mention -null or other built-in maps
  • BZ - 1965862 - A recent Coverity change can cause an infinit loop on map reload
  • BZ - 1969210 - autofs: already mounted as other than autofs or failed to unlink entry in tree
  • BZ - 1973025 - /net mount being not cleanly mounted and unmounted
  • BZ - 1974309 - Removal of default intr mount option while using -hosts and host.net

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8

SRPM
autofs-5.1.4-74.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: ed71e5b01e3d47e4853bd5b9203f5e71d214ea24afd97e0b55cad4480bd3b110
x86_64
autofs-5.1.4-74.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 8e0479c725c7d90c24f95c5d1745616c0a95fdbe09c89cf3b9ab30af83a765bb
autofs-debuginfo-5.1.4-74.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4a2c0ba0a3b2dcac2a73c29152dd56701ea54366cf91c3c526207572fbb71e44
autofs-debugsource-5.1.4-74.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 81a4a849f07956d439c798862757c4d377fd675d87f598ed12eb27d915fd43a5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
autofs-5.1.4-74.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: ed71e5b01e3d47e4853bd5b9203f5e71d214ea24afd97e0b55cad4480bd3b110
s390x
autofs-5.1.4-74.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6054aac0485c31094cea834593cbd045e6018d8816609cf525d5b1416184b05a
autofs-debuginfo-5.1.4-74.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b350441def49db6779c837947712e410b9801f8f5638f8040cea0475e533e551
autofs-debugsource-5.1.4-74.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 18b0e6f2cc570fc8c9223f572e898ee5060f0279fe20b592e2921ea732f8b050

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
autofs-5.1.4-74.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: ed71e5b01e3d47e4853bd5b9203f5e71d214ea24afd97e0b55cad4480bd3b110
ppc64le
autofs-5.1.4-74.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: cafbaa211fc2746222ae69ad4fc0926c820954cd0d7234c42835ea3084bb7605
autofs-debuginfo-5.1.4-74.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 61d257c6a4caf8a2ddd60ab5a9e6ba07e1501cee851603cbd09c18a52de84c09
autofs-debugsource-5.1.4-74.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 99d45c82afe2d6d260366635e0cc60662c0f07344e6af0f0b9620634b654f15a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8

SRPM
autofs-5.1.4-74.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: ed71e5b01e3d47e4853bd5b9203f5e71d214ea24afd97e0b55cad4480bd3b110
aarch64
autofs-5.1.4-74.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: c8457a3cbf5e7ca5fe7a199bf381e5687d0aeab1db1b4c8c61a55bff095f738d
autofs-debuginfo-5.1.4-74.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 05f7c8f1ff037ed6bb18ac30a40f53cff3a0b0f1172084375c6ece610b02006f
autofs-debugsource-5.1.4-74.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 3528b958d867b2a4df57f5047e6e7c4421288bf144cbe56c7f47c90ce6bfaafc

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