Issued:

2011-11-23

Updated:

2011-11-23

RHBA-2011:1476 - grub bug fix update

Synopsis

grub bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The GRUB utility is responsible for booting the operating system kernel.

This update fixes the following bug:

• An attempt to install GRUB on a CCISS device may have caused the grub-install utility to report the following error:

  expr: non-numeric argument

When this happened, grub-install failed to install GRUB on this device, but incorrectly reported success and returned a zero exit status. This update applies a patch that ensures that GRUB can now be successfully installed on such devices. (#742976)

All users of grub 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

• grub-0.97-70.el6_1.1.src.rpm
• grub-0.97-70.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
• grub-debuginfo-0.97-70.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
• grub-0.97-70.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
• grub-debuginfo-0.97-70.el6_1.1.i686.rpm

Fixes

(none)

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/.
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