Issued:
2013-01-07
Updated:
2013-01-07

RHBA-2013:0093 - e2fsprogs bug fix update

Synopsis

e2fsprogs bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated e2fsprogs packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The e2fsprogs packages provide a number of utilities for creating, checking, modifying, and correcting any inconsistencies in the ext2 file systems.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Due to a bug in the resize2fs program, the size of the ext3 file system created on a 16TB block device could not be modified. Consequently, the "device too big" error occurred. This bug has been fixed and file systems residing on 16T block devices can now be re-sized within the existing file system size limits. (BZ#701776)

  • Previously, the uuidd daemon (uuidd) wrote an incorrect PID on startup to the /var/lib/libuuid/uuidd.pid file. Consequently, the service utility showed the incorrect status of uuidd because the stored PID was not the PID of the running uuidd process. This bug has been fixed and the returned status of uuidd is now correct in the described scenario. (BZ#707433)

Users of e2fsprogs are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

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

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

  • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.39-35.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • uuidd-1.39-35.el5.s390x.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-1.39-35.el5.i386.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-35.el5.i386.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-1.39-35.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-35.el5.s390x.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-35.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-35.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-35.el5.ppc.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-35.el5.ppc.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-1.39-35.el5.s390x.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-35.el5.s390.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.39-35.el5.s390.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.39-35.el5.s390x.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-35.el5.ia64.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-1.39-35.el5.src.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.39-35.el5.i386.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-35.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-35.el5.i386.rpm
  • uuidd-1.39-35.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.39-35.el5.ia64.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.39-35.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-35.el5.s390x.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-debuginfo-1.39-35.el5.ppc.rpm
  • uuidd-1.39-35.el5.i386.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-35.el5.ia64.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-libs-1.39-35.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • uuidd-1.39-35.el5.ia64.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-devel-1.39-35.el5.s390.rpm
  • uuidd-1.39-35.el5.ppc.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-1.39-35.el5.ppc.rpm
  • e2fsprogs-1.39-35.el5.ia64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information