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

RHBA-2011:0680 - smartmontools bug fix update

Synopsis

smartmontools bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated smartmontools package that fixes various bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The smartmontools package contains two utility programs, smartctl and smartd, that enable the controlling and monitoring of Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.)-enabled storage systems. These utilities provide advanced warning of disk degradation and failure.

This updated smartmontools package includes fixes for the following bugs:

  • The smartctl man page did not contain sufficient information about the CCISS (Compaq Smart Array) controller options. This man page section has been extended and provides more information and examples. (BZ#632423)

  • In some cases, the smartmontools utilities passed to SCSI "ioctl" function certain values that the MegaRAID controller could not handle and S.M.A.R.T. self-tests on MegaRAID devices caused kernel errors and smartctl terminated unexpectedly. Such values are no longer passed to the MegaRAID controller and the bug is fixed. (BZ#653434)

All smartmontools users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues.

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 Scientific Computing6x86_64
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

  • smartmontools-5.39.1-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • smartmontools-debuginfo-5.39.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • smartmontools-5.39.1-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • smartmontools-debuginfo-5.39.1-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • smartmontools-5.39.1-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • smartmontools-5.39.1-3.el6.src.rpm
  • smartmontools-5.39.1-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • smartmontools-debuginfo-5.39.1-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • smartmontools-debuginfo-5.39.1-3.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information