Issued:

2011-12-06

Updated:

2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:1646 - usbutils bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

usbutils bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated usbutils package that fixes several bugs and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The usbutils package contains utilities for inspecting devices connected to a USB bus.

The usbutils package has been upgraded to upstream version 003, which adds support for USB3 devices. Note: warning messages about short transfer on control endpoint and stalled endpoint can under circumstances be logged after the upgrade. This is the standard behavior of the xHCI driver and these messages can be safely ignored. This update also provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#725973, BZ#725096)

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, when running the "lsusb -t" command in a KVM guest, the lsusb utility terminated with a segmentation fault. The utility has been modified and now lists USB devices correctly. (BZ#725982)

• The FILES item in the lsusb(8) manual page displayed an incorrect path to the usb.ids file. This path has been changed to the correct /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids path. (BZ#730671)

All users of usbutils are advised to upgrade to this updated usbutils package, which fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements.

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

Updated Packages

• usbutils-debuginfo-003-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
• usbutils-debuginfo-003-4.el6.i686.rpm
• usbutils-003-4.el6.i686.rpm
• usbutils-003-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
• usbutils-003-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
• usbutils-debuginfo-003-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
• usbutils-003-4.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 725096
• This content is not included.BZ - 729901
• This content is not included.BZ - 730671
• This content is not included.BZ - 736739

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
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