- Issued:
- 2011-03-31
- Updated:
- 2011-03-31
RHBA-2011:0403 - autofs bug fix update
Synopsis
autofs bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
An updated autofs package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The autofs utility controls the operation of the automount daemon. The automount daemon automatically mounts file systems when you use them, and unmounts them when they are not busy.
This update fixes the following bug:
- Prior to this update, an attempt to restart the autofs service while a mounted file system was in use caused the service to stop responding upon its startup. This was due to inappropriate locking during the recursive reconstruction of mount trees of pre-existing mounted multi-mount map entries. With this update, the underlying source code has been adapted to avoid the deadlock during the mount tree reconstruction, so that autofs now starts as expected. Additionally, this update prevents autofs from occasionally terminating with a segmentation fault upon a map entry lookup. (BZ#689754)
All users of autofs are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-23.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
- autofs-5.0.5-23.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
- autofs-5.0.5-23.el6_0.1.ppc64.rpm
- autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-23.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
- autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-23.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
- autofs-5.0.5-23.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
- autofs-5.0.5-23.el6_0.1.s390x.rpm
- autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-23.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
- autofs-5.0.5-23.el6_0.1.src.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.