Issued:
2012-01-17
Updated:
2012-01-17

RHBA-2012:0026 - busybox bug fix update

Synopsis

busybox bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

BusyBox is a binary that combines a large number of common system utilities into a single executable. BusyBox provides replacements for most GNU fileutils, shellutils, and so on.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, the findfs command did not release used file descriptors. Therefore, the system could run out of free file descriptors on the systems with a large amount (thousands) of block devices. As a consequence, findfs failed to check all existing block devices on the system which could cause other problems, such as a kdump service failure. This update modifies BusyBox so that findfs now releases file descriptors properly and checks all block devices as expected. (BZ#761532)

All users of BusyBox 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

  • busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
  • busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.src.rpm
  • busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • busybox-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
  • busybox-anaconda-1.2.0-10.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information