ELSA-2009-1337

ELSA-2009-1337 - gfs2-utils security and bug fix update

Type:	SECURITY
Impact:	LOW
Release Date:	2009-09-08

Description

[0.1.62-1]
- Fix man page references to fsck.gfs2.
- Resolves: rhbz#477072

[0.1.61-1]
- fsck.gfs2 no longer segfaults when fixing 'EA leaf block type' problems.
- Resolves: rhbz#510758

[0.1.60-1]
- When '/' is a gfs2 file system it is now properly mounted without an error.
- Resolves: rhbz#507893

[0.1.59-1]
- gfs_convert -vy now works properly on a ppc system.
- Resolves: rhbz#506629

[0.1.58-1]
- Fixed an issue with the gfs2_edit savemeta function not saving blocks of type
2.
- Resolves: rhbz#502056

[0.1.57-1]
- A gfs filesystems metadata is now properly copied with 'gfs2_edit savemeta'
- Resolves: rhbz#501732

[0.1.56-1]
- gfs2_fsck now properly fixes journal sequence numbers
- The debugfs mount point has been randomized to prevent symlink attacks
- Resolves: rhbz#498646 rhbz#498950

[0.1.55-1]
- gfs2_convert now properly frees blocks when removing a file with a height
greater than 1
- Updated man pages
- Added options to gfs2_tool df to provide more human readable output
- GFS2 utilities now use and provide filesystem UUID
- gfs2_fsck now uses the proper return codes
- gfs2_edit has been updated
- gfs2_tool df no longer segfaults on a non-4k block size
- gfs2_grow no longer references the '-r' option
- gfs2_convert no longer causes filesystem corruption
- gfs2_edit has been improved to help differentiate between zero-data and
non-zero data from pointers
- gfs2_edit now properly saves the per-node quota files
- A segfault in gfs2_fsck as been fixed
- Resolves: rhbz#474707 rhbz#477072 rhbz#480833 rhbz#242701 rhbz#474705 rhbz#483799 rhbz#485761 rhbz#486034 rhbz#490136 rhbz#483799 rhbz#496330

Related CVEs

CVE-2008-6552

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	sha256	Superseded By Advisory	Channel Label
Oracle Linux 5 (i386)	gfs2-utils-0.1.62-1.el5.src.rpm	f2a81a20293fc08a3f0b7fb242879fe6504c62afd24c928376492b48c3f7073c	ELBA-2014-1203	el5_u4_i386_base
	gfs2-utils-0.1.62-1.el5.i386.rpm	7da59d5e9ba07774e2518347aaea768c318374148a95fccc95ec38b10f5dfb91	ELBA-2014-1203	el5_u4_i386_base
Oracle Linux 5 (ia64)	gfs2-utils-0.1.62-1.el5.src.rpm	f2a81a20293fc08a3f0b7fb242879fe6504c62afd24c928376492b48c3f7073c	ELBA-2014-1203	el5_u4_ia64_base
	gfs2-utils-0.1.62-1.el5.ia64.rpm	37d8ec56f4423787e35ffebe280433c800d8ab4be24448a92f004bf40d49eddc	ELBA-2014-1203	el5_u4_ia64_base
Oracle Linux 5 (x86_64)	gfs2-utils-0.1.62-1.el5.src.rpm	f2a81a20293fc08a3f0b7fb242879fe6504c62afd24c928376492b48c3f7073c	ELBA-2014-1203	el5_u4_x86_64_base
	gfs2-utils-0.1.62-1.el5.x86_64.rpm	949b2dc6b8c42b946e8e36a576d45fcfc5f59e4ef6511f797d260967954a0676	ELBA-2014-1203	el5_u4_x86_64_base

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