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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2021:4494 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2021-11-09
Updated:
2021-11-09

RHBA-2021:4494 - 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 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 x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1966712 - mdadm erroneously reports incorrect checksum
  • BZ - 1984335 - mdadm: specifying chunk size is forbidden for this level

CVEs

(none)

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.5_release_notes/index
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
x86_64
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3a040b80f585f55f86b600520949cf321c8c365158dfad55533f22f9bf366050
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 971928ce850bbff3774b3f7a42384f6219fdbe17d7b6d873bfe236b0352e89ef
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35d165ee5ae3e030b9112fabbbf5b1c25d771bf161dbf6c8e36b5904795e2604

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
x86_64
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3a040b80f585f55f86b600520949cf321c8c365158dfad55533f22f9bf366050
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 971928ce850bbff3774b3f7a42384f6219fdbe17d7b6d873bfe236b0352e89ef
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35d165ee5ae3e030b9112fabbbf5b1c25d771bf161dbf6c8e36b5904795e2604

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.8

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
x86_64
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3a040b80f585f55f86b600520949cf321c8c365158dfad55533f22f9bf366050
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 971928ce850bbff3774b3f7a42384f6219fdbe17d7b6d873bfe236b0352e89ef
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35d165ee5ae3e030b9112fabbbf5b1c25d771bf161dbf6c8e36b5904795e2604

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.6

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
x86_64
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3a040b80f585f55f86b600520949cf321c8c365158dfad55533f22f9bf366050
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 971928ce850bbff3774b3f7a42384f6219fdbe17d7b6d873bfe236b0352e89ef
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35d165ee5ae3e030b9112fabbbf5b1c25d771bf161dbf6c8e36b5904795e2604

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
x86_64
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3a040b80f585f55f86b600520949cf321c8c365158dfad55533f22f9bf366050
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 971928ce850bbff3774b3f7a42384f6219fdbe17d7b6d873bfe236b0352e89ef
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35d165ee5ae3e030b9112fabbbf5b1c25d771bf161dbf6c8e36b5904795e2604

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
x86_64
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3a040b80f585f55f86b600520949cf321c8c365158dfad55533f22f9bf366050
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 971928ce850bbff3774b3f7a42384f6219fdbe17d7b6d873bfe236b0352e89ef
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35d165ee5ae3e030b9112fabbbf5b1c25d771bf161dbf6c8e36b5904795e2604

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
s390x
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f07882bb3f32728a326f09e2c5ce3436f5ca0f9ab87998b5ba10752fe997532b
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3e02f9194054010f555d5aceb8f41f29c0bc575c379f9cb26320327b44781164
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dc1bbf7b2f5f67e1449cf94846130c932f8d15f098129b97ea1866d63651848c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
s390x
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f07882bb3f32728a326f09e2c5ce3436f5ca0f9ab87998b5ba10752fe997532b
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3e02f9194054010f555d5aceb8f41f29c0bc575c379f9cb26320327b44781164
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dc1bbf7b2f5f67e1449cf94846130c932f8d15f098129b97ea1866d63651848c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
s390x
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f07882bb3f32728a326f09e2c5ce3436f5ca0f9ab87998b5ba10752fe997532b
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3e02f9194054010f555d5aceb8f41f29c0bc575c379f9cb26320327b44781164
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: dc1bbf7b2f5f67e1449cf94846130c932f8d15f098129b97ea1866d63651848c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
ppc64le
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 00457ca1ae54947b684d1741eb54dd858f5cc241ed3f250bfc6124da955024bf
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 934267625f474f49034c9146da0d03ab7d315f6083523038b77b8c9bb3524c7d
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: d0f67a1c61a4bb183821f748939c926142e8d9d37db7535fb2a44177637a3bf9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
ppc64le
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 00457ca1ae54947b684d1741eb54dd858f5cc241ed3f250bfc6124da955024bf
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 934267625f474f49034c9146da0d03ab7d315f6083523038b77b8c9bb3524c7d
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: d0f67a1c61a4bb183821f748939c926142e8d9d37db7535fb2a44177637a3bf9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
ppc64le
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 00457ca1ae54947b684d1741eb54dd858f5cc241ed3f250bfc6124da955024bf
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 934267625f474f49034c9146da0d03ab7d315f6083523038b77b8c9bb3524c7d
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: d0f67a1c61a4bb183821f748939c926142e8d9d37db7535fb2a44177637a3bf9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
x86_64
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3a040b80f585f55f86b600520949cf321c8c365158dfad55533f22f9bf366050
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 971928ce850bbff3774b3f7a42384f6219fdbe17d7b6d873bfe236b0352e89ef
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35d165ee5ae3e030b9112fabbbf5b1c25d771bf161dbf6c8e36b5904795e2604

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
x86_64
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3a040b80f585f55f86b600520949cf321c8c365158dfad55533f22f9bf366050
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 971928ce850bbff3774b3f7a42384f6219fdbe17d7b6d873bfe236b0352e89ef
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35d165ee5ae3e030b9112fabbbf5b1c25d771bf161dbf6c8e36b5904795e2604

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
aarch64
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: aa236da846e71470f74313b1c7080828f3b0566a93e74742b2751e8e3318bd65
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 62e9bde60842af4428f95116c4ebd49426f3dcf683480c4f924eca3a8e3e58c6
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 82085bca5b882edc1c45df8a444e472f5b19899f20f8062a68ad6606ec122c10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
aarch64
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: aa236da846e71470f74313b1c7080828f3b0566a93e74742b2751e8e3318bd65
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 62e9bde60842af4428f95116c4ebd49426f3dcf683480c4f924eca3a8e3e58c6
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 82085bca5b882edc1c45df8a444e472f5b19899f20f8062a68ad6606ec122c10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
aarch64
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: aa236da846e71470f74313b1c7080828f3b0566a93e74742b2751e8e3318bd65
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 62e9bde60842af4428f95116c4ebd49426f3dcf683480c4f924eca3a8e3e58c6
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 82085bca5b882edc1c45df8a444e472f5b19899f20f8062a68ad6606ec122c10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
ppc64le
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 00457ca1ae54947b684d1741eb54dd858f5cc241ed3f250bfc6124da955024bf
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 934267625f474f49034c9146da0d03ab7d315f6083523038b77b8c9bb3524c7d
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: d0f67a1c61a4bb183821f748939c926142e8d9d37db7535fb2a44177637a3bf9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
ppc64le
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 00457ca1ae54947b684d1741eb54dd858f5cc241ed3f250bfc6124da955024bf
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 934267625f474f49034c9146da0d03ab7d315f6083523038b77b8c9bb3524c7d
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: d0f67a1c61a4bb183821f748939c926142e8d9d37db7535fb2a44177637a3bf9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
x86_64
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3a040b80f585f55f86b600520949cf321c8c365158dfad55533f22f9bf366050
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 971928ce850bbff3774b3f7a42384f6219fdbe17d7b6d873bfe236b0352e89ef
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35d165ee5ae3e030b9112fabbbf5b1c25d771bf161dbf6c8e36b5904795e2604

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6

SRPM
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 4db66dfd2822f844b7583f54b9f03b2114b09de652237bed96f542e918c33fd2
x86_64
mdadm-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3a040b80f585f55f86b600520949cf321c8c365158dfad55533f22f9bf366050
mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 971928ce850bbff3774b3f7a42384f6219fdbe17d7b6d873bfe236b0352e89ef
mdadm-debugsource-4.2-rc2.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 35d165ee5ae3e030b9112fabbbf5b1c25d771bf161dbf6c8e36b5904795e2604

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