- Issued:
- 2013-03-19
- Updated:
- 2013-03-19
RHBA-2013:0659 - autofs bug fix update
Synopsis
autofs bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated autofs packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The autofs utility controls the operation of the automount daemon. The automount daemon automatically mounts file systems when in use and unmounts them when they are not busy.
This update fixes the following bug:
- Previously, when two nearly simultaneous mount requests occurred, NFS mounts mounted by autofs sometimes failed. This caused a fatal error for the host being probed and autofs failed the mount attempt with a "mount(nfs): no hosts available" error message. This update provides a patch which uses numeric protocol IDs, instead of protoent structures, and NFS mount attempts by autofs no longer fail in the described scenario. (BZ#921147)
Users of autofs 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
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) | 2.1 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise | 2.1 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.4 | i386 |
| 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 Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 6.4 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 6.4 | 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 - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.4 | i386 |
| 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 Server - AUS | 6.4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- autofs-5.0.5-74.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
- autofs-5.0.5-74.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
- autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-74.el6_4.s390x.rpm
- autofs-5.0.5-74.el6_4.s390x.rpm
- autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-74.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
- autofs-5.0.5-74.el6_4.i686.rpm
- autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-74.el6_4.i686.rpm
- autofs-5.0.5-74.el6_4.src.rpm
- autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-74.el6_4.x86_64.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/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.