Issued:
2009-10-21
Updated:
2010-03-30

RHBA-2009:1520 - iproute bug fix update

Synopsis

iproute bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated iproute package that fixes a bug is now available.

Description

The iproute package contains networking utilities such as ip and rtmon, which use the advanced networking capabilities of the Linux 2.4 and 2.6 kernels.

This update addresses the following problem:

  • if IPv6 was disabled, running the "ss" command resulted in a segmentation fault. A workaround was to run "ss -f inet". With this update the return value checks for net_*_open were fixed and the workaround is no longer necessary. The ss command again returns socket statistics as expected. (BZ#493578)

All iproute users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

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

  • iproute-2.6.18-11.el5.i386.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.18-11.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.18-11.el5.s390x.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.18-11.el5.ppc.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.18-11.el5.ia64.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.18-11.el5.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information