Issued:

2012-02-20

Updated:

2012-02-20

RHBA-2012:0296 - nfs4-acl-tools bug fix update

Synopsis

nfs4-acl-tools bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated nfs4-acl-tools package that fixes a bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The nfs4-acl-tools package provides utilities for managing NFSv4 Access Control Lists (ACLs) on files and directories mounted on ACL-enabled NFSv4 file systems.

This updated nfs4-acl-tools package fixes the following bug:

• Due to a regression introduced in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5, if the format of the input ACL file was incorrect, the "nfs4_setfacl" command failed with the following unexpected message:

  *** glibc detected *** nfs4_setfacl: double free or corruption (out)

This update applies a patch that corrects the memory handling process and the nfs4_setfacl command now fails with a useful error message if the input file syntax is invalid. (BZ#693422)

All users of nfs4-acl-tools are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via 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

• nfs4-acl-tools-0.3.3-3.el5.ppc.rpm
• nfs4-acl-tools-0.3.3-3.el5.i386.rpm
• nfs4-acl-tools-0.3.3-3.el5.src.rpm
• nfs4-acl-tools-0.3.3-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
• nfs4-acl-tools-0.3.3-3.el5.s390x.rpm
• nfs4-acl-tools-0.3.3-3.el5.ia64.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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