Issued:
2011-08-31
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:1225 - libcgroup bug fix update


Synopsis

libcgroup bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated libcgroup package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The libcgroup package provides tools and libraries to control and monitor control groups.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Prior to this update, when installing the libcgroup package, a new group "cgred" was erroneously created as a user group (starting with GID 500) and not as a system group (with GID lower than 500). As a result, newly created users could have had UID different to GID. With this update, the "cgred" group is now created correctly as the system group with GID lower than 500. This update does not change GID of the "cgred" group if the group already exists on the system. (BZ#715413)

All users are advised to upgrade to this updated libcgroup package, which fixes this bug.

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 Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • libcgroup-debuginfo-0.37-3.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libcgroup-pam-0.37-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libcgroup-pam-0.37-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • libcgroup-0.37-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libcgroup-devel-0.37-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libcgroup-0.37-3.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libcgroup-debuginfo-0.37-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libcgroup-debuginfo-0.37-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libcgroup-0.37-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • libcgroup-0.37-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libcgroup-0.37-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libcgroup-devel-0.37-3.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libcgroup-devel-0.37-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • libcgroup-pam-0.37-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libcgroup-pam-0.37-3.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libcgroup-pam-0.37-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libcgroup-debuginfo-0.37-3.el6.s390.rpm
  • libcgroup-devel-0.37-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libcgroup-debuginfo-0.37-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • libcgroup-debuginfo-0.37-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libcgroup-pam-0.37-3.el6.s390.rpm
  • libcgroup-0.37-3.el6.s390.rpm
  • libcgroup-devel-0.37-3.el6.s390.rpm
  • libcgroup-devel-0.37-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libcgroup-0.37-3.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information