Issued:

2011-11-22

Updated:

2011-11-22

RHBA-2011:1474 - iprutils bug fix update

Synopsis

iprutils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The iprutils package provides utilities to manage and configure SCSI devices that are supported by the IBM Power RAID SCSI storage device driver.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Due to an incorrectly placed call of the sysfs_close_bus() structure in the iprlib code, some of the iprutils programs could terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault during their initialization. This problem has been corrected, and iprutils programs no longer crash. (BZ#747621)

• The find_multipath_vset routine used the ARRAY_SIZE() macro to calculate the length of the SCSI device serial number. Previously, the length was calculated incorrectly, which could have led to false positives when looking for the corresponding vset. As a consequence, attempting to delete arrays failed: the target and the second array were set to be read/write protected, writing to both arrays was not possible, and the system had to be rebooted. To fix the problem, the IPR_SERIAL_NUM_LEN macro is now used instead of ARRAY_SIZE. (BZ#747621)

• With the maximum number of devices attached to one of the new Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) 64-bit adapters, the configuration data could have grown over the buffer size. With this update, the buffer size has been increased, which fixes the problem and ensures enough space for any possible future growth. (BZ#747621)

All users of iprutils are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs.

Solution

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

This update is available via the 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

Updated Packages

• iprutils-debuginfo-2.3.2-1.el6_1.2.ppc64.rpm
• iprutils-2.3.2-1.el6_1.2.src.rpm
• iprutils-2.3.2-1.el6_1.2.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information

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