Issued:

2013-01-07

Updated:

2013-01-07

RHBA-2013:0079 - gfs2-utils bug fix update

Synopsis

gfs2-utils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated gfs2-utils packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The gfs2-utils packages provide the user-space utilities necessary to mount, create, maintain and test GFS2 file systems.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, an overly long cluster name in /etc/cluster/cluster.conf could cause a buffer overflow when running fsck.gfs2 on a GFS2 file system with a corrupt super block. This update modifies the underlying code to to ensure that the cluster name is truncated appropriately when the super block is being rebuilt. Now, this buffer overflow condition is prevented. (BZ#838910)

All users of gfs2-utils 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

• gfs2-utils-debuginfo-0.1.62-35.el5.ia64.rpm
• gfs2-utils-0.1.62-35.el5.ia64.rpm
• gfs2-utils-0.1.62-35.el5.x86_64.rpm
• gfs2-utils-0.1.62-35.el5.src.rpm
• gfs2-utils-0.1.62-35.el5.ppc.rpm
• gfs2-utils-0.1.62-35.el5.i386.rpm
• gfs2-utils-debuginfo-0.1.62-35.el5.i386.rpm
• gfs2-utils-debuginfo-0.1.62-35.el5.ppc.rpm
• gfs2-utils-debuginfo-0.1.62-35.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 838910

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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