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

RHBA-2011:0799 - libhbalinux bug fix update

Synopsis

libhbalinux bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

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

Description

The libhbalinux library is a vendor library utilized by fcoe-utils. The libhbaapi library provides programmatic access to the libhbalinux library. This library can retrieve adapter information with the assistance of libpciaaccess.

This updated libhbalinux package includes fixes for the following bugs:

  • Creating an FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) interface, by executing the "fceoadm -c [interface]" command, and shortly after the creation executing the "fcoeadm -i" command (which displays information about FCoE instances), resulted in a segmentation fault due to a NULL pointer dereference. This update fixes this issue and a segmentation fault no longer occurs in the aforementioned case. (BZ#690014)

  • After upgrading the libhbalinux package, the "fcoeadm -i" command (which shows information about FCoE instances) printed an error message. With this update, the "fcoeadm -i" command has been fixed, and no longer returns an error message.

All users of libhbalinux 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.

Note: upgrading from the 1.0.10-2 and earlier versions to a newer version removes the library reference from the /etc/hba.conf file. This causes libHBA applications (such as FCoE) to malfunction and is a known issue. Reinstalling the new version after the upgrade resolves this problem.

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

  • libhbalinux-1.0.10-3.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libhbalinux-debuginfo-1.0.10-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libhbalinux-1.0.10-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libhbalinux-debuginfo-1.0.10-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libhbalinux-debuginfo-1.0.10-3.el6.s390.rpm
  • libhbalinux-1.0.10-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libhbalinux-1.0.10-3.el6.s390.rpm
  • libhbalinux-debuginfo-1.0.10-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • libhbalinux-debuginfo-1.0.10-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libhbalinux-1.0.10-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libhbalinux-1.0.10-3.el6.src.rpm
  • libhbalinux-1.0.10-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • libhbalinux-debuginfo-1.0.10-3.el6.ppc.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information