- Issued:
- 2013-02-20
- Updated:
- 2013-02-20
RHBA-2013:0407 - parted bug fix and enhancement update
Synopsis
parted bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory (none)
Topic
Updated parted packages that fix three bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The parted packages provide a disk partitioning and partition resizing program to create, destroy, resize, move and copy ext2, linux-swap, FAT, FAT32, and reiserfs partitions.
This update fixes the following bugs:
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Prior to this update, the parted program did not handle unexpected values in the HFS+ filesystem correctly. As a consequence, parted aborted with a segmentation fault. This update adds additional checks for unexpected values to the HFS+ code. Now, parted no longer aborts when handling unexpected values. (BZ#797979)
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Prior to this update, the parted program re-synchronized only the first 16 partitions on dm devices. As a consequence, all partitions after the 16th only appeared after reboot. This update modifies the underlying code to resynchronize all of the partitions. Now, new partitions also appear without a reboot. (BZ#803108)
All parted users 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
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- parted-devel-2.1-19.el6.s390.rpm
- parted-devel-2.1-19.el6.x86_64.rpm
- parted-debuginfo-2.1-19.el6.ppc.rpm
- parted-debuginfo-2.1-19.el6.s390.rpm
- parted-devel-2.1-19.el6.s390x.rpm
- parted-2.1-19.el6.ppc64.rpm
- parted-2.1-19.el6.x86_64.rpm
- parted-debuginfo-2.1-19.el6.x86_64.rpm
- parted-devel-2.1-19.el6.ppc64.rpm
- parted-devel-2.1-19.el6.ppc.rpm
- parted-2.1-19.el6.i686.rpm
- parted-debuginfo-2.1-19.el6.i686.rpm
- parted-devel-2.1-19.el6.i686.rpm
- parted-debuginfo-2.1-19.el6.s390x.rpm
- parted-2.1-19.el6.src.rpm
- parted-2.1-19.el6.s390x.rpm
- parted-debuginfo-2.1-19.el6.ppc64.rpm
- parted-2.1-19.el6.s390.rpm
- parted-2.1-19.el6.ppc.rpm
Fixes
- This content is not included.BZ - 797979
- This content is not included.BZ - 803108
- This content is not included.BZ - 832145
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/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.