Issued:

2012-11-08

Updated:

2012-11-08

RHBA-2012:1437 - util-linux bug fix update

Synopsis

util-linux bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated util-linux packages that fix a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The util-linux packages contain a set of low-level system utilities that are necessary for a Linux operating system to function.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Due to a regression, the fdisk utility did not provide kernel with updated information about new partition table on some systems. Consequently, fdisk failed to partition a disk not in use at the time. A patch has been provided to address this issue and fdisk now works as expected in the described scenario. (BZ#865791)

Users of util-linux 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.59.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.59.el5_8.i386.rpm
• util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.59.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.59.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• util-linux-debuginfo-2.13-0.59.el5_8.s390x.rpm
• util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5_8.src.rpm
• util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5_8.ia64.rpm
• util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5_8.ppc.rpm
• util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
• util-linux-2.13-0.59.el5_8.i386.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

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