ELSA-2016-2605

ELSA-2016-2605 - util-linux security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type:	SECURITY
Severity:	LOW
Release Date:	2016-11-09

Description

[2.23.2-33.0.1]
- fix Oracle bug 23001516 - backport lscpu: correct the Virtualization type on Xen DomU PV guest
- Reviewed-by: Joe Jin

[2.23.2-33]
- improve patch for #1007734 (libblkid realpaths)

[2.23.2-32]
- improve patch for chrt(1) deadline support #1298384
- fix #1007734 - blkid shows devices as /dev/block/:
- fix #1349536 - Extended partition loop in MBR partition table leads to DOS

[2.23.2-31]
- improve spec file for #1092520

[2.23.2-30]
- improve patch for chrt(1) deadline support #1298384
- improve regression tests

[2.23.2-29]
- fix #1029385 - lack of non-ascii support
- fix #1092520 - util-linux - PIE and RELRO check
- fix #1153770 - backport lsipc
- fix #1248003 - mount only parses = lines from fstab fs_spec field available from blkid block device
- fix #1271850 - mount -a doesn't catch a typo in /etc/fstab and a typo in /etc/fstab can make a system not reboot properly
- fix #1281839 - [RFE]Bind mounts should be handled gracefully by the operating system
- fix #1290689 - util-linux: /bin/login does not retry getpwnam_r with larger buffers, leading to login failure
- fix #1296366 - Bash completion for more(1) handles file names with spaces incorrectly
- fix #1296521 - RHEL7: update audit event in hwclock
- fix #1298384 - RFE: add SCHED_DEADLINE support to chrt
- fix #1304246 - fdisk 'f' subcommand updates partition ranges wrongly
- fix #1304426 - [rfe] /bin/su should be improved to reduce stack use
- fix #1326615 - util-linux/lscpu: Fix model and model name on Power Systems
- fix #1327886 - Backport blkdiscard's '-z' flag to RHEL
- fix #1332084 - [RFE] Inclusion of lsns command in util-linux Package
- fix #1335671 - extra quotes around UUID confuses findfs in RHEL (but not in Fedora)
- fix #1344222 - logger port option in help is misleading
- fix #1344482 - util-linux fails valid_pmbr() size checks if device is > 2.14TB, Device label type: dos instead of gpt
- fix #587393 - [RFE] Make sure util-linux is ready for writable overlays

[2.23.2-28]
- fix #1291554 - lslogins crash when executed with buggy username

[2.23.2-27]
- fix #1301091 - [libblkid] Failed to get offset of the xfs_external_log signature

Related CVEs

CVE-2016-5011

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	MD5sum	Superseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 7 (x86_64)	util-linux-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.src.rpm	f2bdf196d1ca96e6846252f0589569d8	ELBA-2021-0337
	libblkid-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.i686.rpm	c3f0b5996dd9324dfe19456c6ef5b52a	ELBA-2021-0337
	libblkid-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm	5ece5b2fd5189dccaca70170d233f84a	ELBA-2021-0337
	libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.i686.rpm	09f67f362d70295ab6845e1afd6efc45	ELBA-2021-0337
	libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm	12c080fef2344ae4f249b2b7b175e659	ELBA-2021-0337
	libmount-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.i686.rpm	87512b91fcff3d76bbea48dfe9517220	ELBA-2021-0337
	libmount-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm	eb61df2fa2df7f31592571fd63c4ac5b	ELBA-2021-0337
	libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.i686.rpm	f876e202de9bdef518e52bdc6b46a7fe	ELBA-2021-0337
	libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm	034594837173cd309b725da84d077ad2	ELBA-2021-0337
	libuuid-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.i686.rpm	04fcbd1094b880b1a7e11b3611357e15	ELBA-2021-0337
	libuuid-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm	30336989a898fdb9ca82dcc14eaf867e	ELBA-2021-0337
	libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.i686.rpm	a5ac61157d654bf29f1fc1609e613897	ELBA-2021-0337
	libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm	279e2d4217ac9621c46f7de31225667a	ELBA-2021-0337
	util-linux-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.i686.rpm	0cf4e59ea62b9c980e99797d375a5a34	ELBA-2021-0337
	util-linux-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm	e58e4c3532e83576efdf6d2cc5234a09	ELBA-2021-0337
	uuidd-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm	3e15690daa253e732e78b9c19e74c83b	ELBA-2021-0337

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