Issued:
2011-11-14
Updated:
2011-11-14

RHBA-2011:1448 - udev bug fix update

Synopsis

udev bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated udev packages that resolve one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The udev packages implement a dynamic device-directory, providing only the devices present on the system. This dynamic directory runs in user space, dynamically creates and removes devices, provides consistent naming, and a user space API. The udev device manager replaces the devfs device file system, providing greater hot plug functionality.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • On a system boot, the udev helper application, pam_console_apply, was called for every disk that appeared on the system. This was unnecessary for example for SCSI disks, which do not have set default pam console permissions. As a consequence, the boot process was significantly slowed down if a system contained a large number of disks. To fix this problem, the /etc/udev/rules.d/95-pam-console.rules file has been marked as a configuration file and it will not be automatically updated with newer udev versions. System administrators should now comment out the pam_console_apply call in this file on systems that do not need a normal console user access to devices. (BZ#736475)

All users of udev are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix 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 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

  • udev-095-14.27.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • udev-095-14.27.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • libvolume_id-devel-095-14.27.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • libvolume_id-devel-095-14.27.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • udev-095-14.27.el5_7.1.src.rpm
  • libvolume_id-devel-095-14.27.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • udev-095-14.27.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libvolume_id-095-14.27.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libvolume_id-devel-095-14.27.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • libvolume_id-095-14.27.el5_7.1.s390.rpm
  • libvolume_id-095-14.27.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • libvolume_id-095-14.27.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • libvolume_id-devel-095-14.27.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libvolume_id-095-14.27.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm
  • libvolume_id-devel-095-14.27.el5_7.1.s390.rpm
  • udev-095-14.27.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • udev-095-14.27.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • libvolume_id-devel-095-14.27.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm
  • libvolume_id-095-14.27.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • libvolume_id-095-14.27.el5_7.1.i386.rpm

Fixes

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CVEs

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References

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Additional information