Issued:

2011-10-17

Updated:

2011-10-17

RHBA-2011:1374 - 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 5.

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:

• Previously, when a mounted autofs entry was removed from the autofs direct map and the map was reloaded before the map entry expired, the mount failed to unmount. If such a file system was unmounted manually, the next time a process tried to access this file system, the process became unresponsive. With this update, conditions preventing this behavior have been included into the code. The file system can now be accessed normally and the process no longer hangs. (BZ#744698)

All users of autofs are advised to upgrade to this updated 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

Updated Packages

• autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.156.el5_7.3.s390x.rpm
• autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.156.el5_7.3.ia64.rpm
• autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.156.el5_7.3.x86_64.rpm
• autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.156.el5_7.3.src.rpm
• autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.156.el5_7.3.ppc.rpm
• autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.156.el5_7.3.i386.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information

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