Issued:
2014-09-16
Updated:
2014-09-16

RHBA-2014:1203 - gfs2-utils bug fix update

Synopsis

gfs2-utils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The gfs2-utils packages contain utilities for creating, checking, modifying, and correcting any inconsistencies in GFS2 file systems.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Under rare circumstances, certain leaf blocks are written to the incorrect index nodes. Thus, some directories have improper leaf blocks attached. In certain cases, the fsck.gfs2 utility was unable to detect and repair this corruption. With this update, a patch has been provided to fix this bug and fsck.gfs2 now correctly detects and fixes the corruption. (BZ#902918)

  • After the gfs2_grow, gfs2_tool, gfs2_jadd, or gfs2_quota utilities cleaned up the /etc/mtab file, the file's permissions were changed from the default of 644 to 600. As a consequence, non-root processes could not read /etc/mtab. This update fixes the code that cleans up the /etc/mtab file so that it no longer modifies the /etc/mtab file's permissions. As a result, processes are able to access the /etc/mtab file as expected. (BZ#1073384)

  • Under certain circumstances, an attempt to use the gfs2_convert utility caused the system to terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. This update provides a patch to fix this bug so that the system no longer crashes in the described scenario. (BZ#1084140)

  • Previously, the fsck.gfs2 utility did not log important context of system events. Consequently, users and system administrators had difficulties examining the circumstances under which a problem occurred. With this update, fsck.gfs2 adds an informative message to the system logs on its start and exit, which helps in further debugging processes and administrative actions. (BZ#1097348)

  • Previously, GFS2 metadata dumps returned by the "gfs2_edit savemeta" command held no information about the time at which they were created. Without this information, users and system administrators could not easily find out when the GFS2 metadata was saved in relation to file system checks. With this update, "gfs2_edit savemeta" adds a header to the metadata file containing a time stamp. (BZ#1097349)

Users of gfs2-utils 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
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

  • gfs2-utils-debuginfo-0.1.62-44.el5.i386.rpm
  • gfs2-utils-0.1.62-44.el5.ppc.rpm
  • gfs2-utils-0.1.62-44.el5.src.rpm
  • gfs2-utils-debuginfo-0.1.62-44.el5.ia64.rpm
  • gfs2-utils-debuginfo-0.1.62-44.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • gfs2-utils-0.1.62-44.el5.ia64.rpm
  • gfs2-utils-debuginfo-0.1.62-44.el5.ppc.rpm
  • gfs2-utils-0.1.62-44.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • gfs2-utils-0.1.62-44.el5.i386.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information