Issued:
2011-02-02
Updated:
2011-05-19

RHBA-2011:0191 - netlabel_tools bug fix update


Synopsis

netlabel_tools bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated netlabel_tools package that fixes a bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

NetLabel is a kernel subsystem which implements explicit packet labeling protocols such as CIPSO and RIPSO for Linux. Packet labeling is used in secure networks to mark packets with the security attributes of the data they contain. This package provides the necessary user space tools to query and configure the kernel subsystem.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, running the netlabelctl utility with an invalid mask argument caused the utility to terminate with a 0 exit status. This error has been fixed, and when an invalid mask is supplied, netlabelctl now returns a non-zero exit status as expected. (BZ#602291)

All users of netlabel_tools 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.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • netlabel_tools-0.19-7.el6.src.rpm
  • netlabel_tools-0.19-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • netlabel_tools-debuginfo-0.19-7.el6.s390x.rpm
  • netlabel_tools-debuginfo-0.19-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • netlabel_tools-0.19-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • netlabel_tools-debuginfo-0.19-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • netlabel_tools-debuginfo-0.19-7.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • netlabel_tools-0.19-7.el6.s390x.rpm
  • netlabel_tools-0.19-7.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information