[El-errata] ELSA-2016-2605 Low: Oracle Linux 7 util-linux security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Thu Nov 10 11:15:11 PST 2016


Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2016-2605

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-2605.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
libblkid-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.i686.rpm
libblkid-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.i686.rpm
libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
libmount-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.i686.rpm
libmount-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.i686.rpm
libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
libuuid-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.i686.rpm
libuuid-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.i686.rpm
libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
util-linux-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.i686.rpm
util-linux-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
uuidd-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol7/SRPMS-updates/util-linux-2.23.2-33.0.1.el7.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[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 <joe.jin at oracle.com>

[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/$MAJOR:$MINOR
- 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 <param>=<value> 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 
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