- Issued:
- 2012-12-20
- Updated:
- 2012-12-20
RHBA-2012:1599 - device-mapper-multipath bug fix update
Synopsis
device-mapper-multipath bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory (none)
Topic
Updated device-mapper-multipath packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The device-mapper-multipath packages provide tools to manage multipath devices using the device-mapper multipath kernel module.
This update fixes the following bug:
- If the initrd RAM disk was not rebuilt when a new storage device was added to the system, the new device could be assigned a user_friendly_names value that collided with a value already assigned to another device. Consequently, the original device then stopped working correctly. Now, the multipathd daemon accepts the "-B" option, which makes the user_friendly_names bindings file read-only. When initrd calls multipath with the "-B" option, devices without a binding to a user_friendly_names use their World Wide Identifier (WWID) instead, thus fixing this bug. (BZ#858010)
All users of device-mapper-multipath 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
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 5 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- kpartx-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.ppc.rpm
- kpartx-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm
- kpartx-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.s390x.rpm
- device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.ia64.rpm
- device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.s390x.rpm
- device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.src.rpm
- device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.ppc.rpm
- device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm
- device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.ppc.rpm
- kpartx-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.i386.rpm
- device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.i386.rpm
- device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.i386.rpm
- device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm
- device-mapper-multipath-debuginfo-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.ia64.rpm
- device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.s390x.rpm
- kpartx-0.4.7-48.el5_8.2.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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