Issued:
2013-06-28
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:1003 - sysvinit bug fix update

Synopsis

sysvinit bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated sysvinit packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The sysvinit packages contain a group of processes that control basic functions of your system. SysVinit includes the init program, which is the first program started by the Linux kernel when the system boots. The init program then controls the starting up and shutting down of all other programs.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • When the pidof utility was processing the /proc/*/stat file, the content of the file was read by the fgets() function. This function did not behave correctly when the new line character, "\n", was in the name of a process and also when the read file disappeared between the fopen and fgets function. Consequently, the "pidof: could not get program name from" message was emitted in these cases. To fix this problem, the program reads the whole file and silently skips all files with empty content. As a result, binary files containing the new line character with "\n" are now correctly recognized and disappearing files do not emit any warning messages. (BZ#814132)

Users of sysvinit 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • sysvinit-tools-2.87-5.dsf.el6.s390x.rpm
  • sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-5.dsf.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-5.dsf.el6.i686.rpm
  • sysvinit-2.87-5.dsf.el6.src.rpm
  • sysvinit-tools-2.87-5.dsf.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-5.dsf.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • sysvinit-debuginfo-2.87-5.dsf.el6.s390x.rpm
  • sysvinit-tools-2.87-5.dsf.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • sysvinit-tools-2.87-5.dsf.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information