Issued:
2011-11-28
Updated:
2011-11-28

RHBA-2011:1491 - mkinitrd bug fix update

Synopsis

mkinitrd bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated mkinitrd packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The mkinitrd utility creates file system images for use as initial RAM disk (initrd) images.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Due to an incomplete regular expression in the code, the mkinitrd utility did not recognize multipath devices located in the /dev/mpath/ directory. As a consequence, the system could not boot if such a multipath device contained the root file system. With this update, the regular expression has been corrected, and mkinitrd now correctly recognizes multipath devices in the /dev/mpath/ directory. (BZ#753693)

All users of mkinitrd 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

  • nash-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.src.rpm
  • libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.s390.rpm
  • mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • nash-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm
  • mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • nash-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • nash-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.s390.rpm
  • mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm
  • mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • mkinitrd-devel-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • libbdevid-python-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • nash-5.1.19.6-71.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information