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Keywords: security fsck fsck_ufs detect holes mkfs mkfs_ufs ufsdump mmap
Synopsis: SunOS 5.8_x86: /usr/lib/fs/ufs utilities patch
Date: Nov/11/2008
Install Requirements: Reboot after installing this patch to activate the changes delivered. An alternative may be specified in the Special Install Instructions.
Solaris Release: 8_x86
SunOS Release: 5.8_x86
Unbundled Product:
Unbundled Release:
Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 110910
Topic: SunOS 5.8_x86: /usr/lib/fs/ufs utilities patch
Relevant Architectures: i386
Bugs fixed with this patch:
Changes incorporated in this version: 6660301
Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 110236-01 110284-06 110333-01 110402-05
Patches which conflict with this patch:
Patches required with this patch: 123479-01 (or greater)
Obsoleted by:
Files included with this patch:
/sbin/rcS
/usr/lib/fs/ufs/clri
/usr/lib/fs/ufs/dcopy
/usr/lib/fs/ufs/ff
/usr/lib/fs/ufs/fsck
/usr/lib/fs/ufs/mkfs
/usr/lib/fs/ufs/ncheck
/usr/lib/fs/ufs/newfs
/usr/lib/fs/ufs/ufsdump
/usr/sbin/fsck
Problem Description:
6660301 fsck does not fix file system corruption related to information of rotational position
(from 110911-11)
6643343 fsck emits unnecessary warnings with -n
(from 110911-10)
6577707 ufsdump should not care about st_blocks value of tape device/file that it is dumping to
(from 110911-09)
4775289 fsck reports wrong state in superblock if there once existed a largefile
6352196 fsck cannot open disk images
6365138 fsck overzealous when checking mounted read/write filesystem with -n
6431006 new fsck_ufs(1M) should be more helpful when encountering bad CG with bad CG_MAGIC
6540805 fsck regression following 5.8 filesystem touched by 5.9
(from 110911-08)
6477410 fsck complains about BAD/CORRUPT ACL inode
(from 110911-07)
6367777 *fsck* svc:/system/filesystem/usr fails to start from milestone 'none'
6367948 new fsck_ufs(1M) has nits when dealing with already mounted file systems
(from 110911-06)
6471377 fsck doesn't convert disk blocks to frags when calculating ufs log (S8 patch 110910-04 onwards)
(from 110911-05)
6450540 patches 110910 (110911) hard dependency on 123478 (123479)
(from 110911-04)
4836779 fsck requires multiple runs to clear up DUP or BAD blocks
6175186 fsck should not need to be run multiple times
4890510 fsck can't properly recover filesystem
4857410 ufs_sync_indir() walks off end of i_ib array
5086715 ufs fsck has memory leaks
4845221 ufs/fsck can't handle filesystem name argument
6208131 fsck needs to be able to recover filesystem problems (nbfree,ndir,nifree,nffree suspect)
1260290 RFE: fsck error: UNKNOWN FILE TYPE describes multiple error conditions
4872089 fsck almost always reports FREE BLK COUNT(S) WRONG IN SUPERBLK
6312941 UFS fsck rerun messaging: PSARC 2005/044
6312946 UFS fsck verbose option: PSARC 2005/045
6312949 UFS fsck automated search for backup superblocks: PSARC 2005/051
6312954 UFS newfs/mkfs superblock calculation options: PSARC 2005/043
(from 110911-03)
4353832 fsck gives up too easily
(from 110911-02)
4632750 fsck_ufs fails to detect directories with holes
(from 110911-01)
4225018 fsck -n on mounted filesystem shouldn't ask for user confirmation
(from 110284-06)
4721124 mkfs coredumps when fragsize is 8192 on large filesystems
(from 110284-05)
4425003 expanding logging-enabled UFS with mkfs returns "permission denied" error
4476995 rlmount() does not include largefiles flag
(from 110284-04)
This revision includes fixes for 4374181 and 4380132 which were
missing from the previous revision.
(from 110284-03)
4374181 mkfs can fail in low-memory environments
4380132 mkfs_ufs core dumps on some sets of parameters
(from 110284-02)
This revision accumulates feature point patch 110333-01.
(from 110284-01)
4297460 should mkfs -m solaris 8 work?
4339330 mkfs -m doesn't redirect output to stdout
(from 110333-01)
4344221 RFE: mkfs is unnecessarily slow
4333516 newfs nbpi calculation wrong for near-terabyte filesystems
(from 110402-05)
4767221 incremental ufsdump of fs snapshot can omit files
(from 110402-04)
4474014 ufsdump fails to dump file larger than 2G on Solaris 8
(from 110402-03)
4358666 mmap(2) use in ufsdump makes for incomplete dumps
(from 110402-02)
4339366 security vulnerability in ufsrestore allows root compromise
4132365 security vulnerability on ufsdump and restore in 2.6 and 2.6 x86
(from 110402-01)
This revision accumulates feature point patch 110236-01.
(from 110236-01)
4296770 file systems should support snapshots for online backups
Patch Installation Instructions:
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For Solaris 2.0-2.6 releases, refer to the Install.info file and/or
the README within the patch for instructions on using the generic
'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with each patch.
For Solaris 7-10 releases, refer to the man pages for instructions
on using 'patchadd' and 'patchrm' scripts provided with Solaris.
Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be
described below as special instructions. The following example
installs a patch to a standalone machine:
example# patchadd /var/spool/patch/104945-02
The following example removes a patch from a standalone system:
example# patchrm 104945-02
For additional examples please see the appropriate man pages.
Special Install Instructions:
-----------------------------
NOTE 1: Reboot the system after patch installation.
NOTE 2: To get UFS Snapshot support, please also install the following
patches:
108529-05 (or greater) kernel update patch
110403-01 (or greater) /usr/lib/libadm.so.1 patch
110404-01 (or greater) /usr/sbin/clri and
/usr/sbin/fssnap patch
110405-01 (or greater) /usr/kernel/drv/fssnap patch
NOTE 3: To get the complete fix for bug 4353832 (fsck gives up too easily),
please also install the following patch:
116951-04 (or greater) ufs patch
README -- Last modified date: Friday, November 9, 2012