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

RHBA-2014:1240 - 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 5.

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:

  • In a previous version, a check for mounted file systems was removed from autofs mount control script if a miscellaneous device was not used. However, a subsequent update introduced a mount export function that requires this check. As a consequence, autofs mounts sometimes became unresponsive when re-reading the mount map. This update fixes the bug and autofs mounts no longer hang in the scenario described. (BZ#1049017)

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/site/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

  • autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.184.el5.s390x.rpm
  • autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.184.el5.s390x.rpm
  • autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.184.el5.ia64.rpm
  • autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.184.el5.i386.rpm
  • autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.184.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.184.el5.ia64.rpm
  • autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.184.el5.i386.rpm
  • autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.184.el5.ppc.rpm
  • autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.184.el5.ppc.rpm
  • autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.184.el5.src.rpm
  • autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.184.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information