Issued:
2011-07-21
Updated:
2011-07-21

RHBA-2011:1080 - e2fsprogs bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

e2fsprogs bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated e2fsprogs packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The e2fsprogs packages contain a number of utilities that create, check, modify, and correct inconsistencies in ext2, ext3, and ext4 file systems. This includes e2fsck (which repairs file system inconsistencies after an unclean shut down), mke2fs (which initializes a partition to contain an empty file system), tune2fs (which modifies file system parameters), and most of the other core file system utilities.

These updated e2fsprogs packages include a number of bug fixes and enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 Technical Notes for information about these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.7_Technical_Notes/e2fsprogs.html#RHBA-2011-1080

All e2fsprogs users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which provide a number of bug fixes and enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the 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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-33.el5.ppc.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-1.39-33.el5.s390x.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-33.el5.s390x.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-1.39-33.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-1.39-33.el5.src.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-33.el5.s390.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-33.el5.i386.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-33.el5.ia64.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-1.39-33.el5.ppc.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-33.el5.ia64.rpm
  • uuidd-1.39-33.el5.ia64.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-33.el5.s390.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-33.el5.s390x.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-33.el5.ppc.rpm
  • uuidd-1.39-33.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-1.39-33.el5.i386.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-33.el5.i386.rpm
  • uuidd-1.39-33.el5.i386.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-33.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-1.39-33.el5.ia64.rpm
  • uuidd-1.39-33.el5.ppc.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-33.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • uuidd-1.39-33.el5.s390x.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-33.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-33.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

Additional information