Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:1760 - pciutils bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

pciutils bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated pciutils packages that fix a bug and add an enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The pciutils package contains various utilities for inspecting and manipulating devices connected to the PCI bus.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, in an attempt to free data structures from memory via the pci_free_cap() function, the "glibc detected *** double free or corruption (!prev):" error message was returned and the operation failed. A patch has been provided to address this issue and freeing system resources now works properly. (BZ#740630)

This update adds the following enhancement:

  • With this update, TPH (Transaction Processing Hints) and LTR (Latency Tolerance Reporting) reporting capabilities have been added to the pciutils package to support the PCI Express 3.0 standard. (BZ#742223)

All pciutils users should upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug and add this enhancement.

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

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 - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
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

  • pciutils-devel-static-3.1.4-11.el6.s390x.rpm
  • pciutils-libs-3.1.4-11.el6.s390.rpm
  • pciutils-libs-3.1.4-11.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • pciutils-devel-static-3.1.4-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • pciutils-devel-3.1.4-11.el6.i686.rpm
  • pciutils-3.1.4-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • pciutils-devel-3.1.4-11.el6.s390x.rpm
  • pciutils-devel-static-3.1.4-11.el6.i686.rpm
  • pciutils-devel-3.1.4-11.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • pciutils-devel-3.1.4-11.el6.ppc.rpm
  • pciutils-debuginfo-3.1.4-11.el6.i686.rpm
  • pciutils-devel-static-3.1.4-11.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • pciutils-libs-3.1.4-11.el6.ppc.rpm
  • pciutils-debuginfo-3.1.4-11.el6.s390x.rpm
  • pciutils-3.1.4-11.el6.s390x.rpm
  • pciutils-libs-3.1.4-11.el6.s390x.rpm
  • pciutils-debuginfo-3.1.4-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • pciutils-3.1.4-11.el6.i686.rpm
  • pciutils-devel-3.1.4-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • pciutils-3.1.4-11.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • pciutils-libs-3.1.4-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • pciutils-debuginfo-3.1.4-11.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • pciutils-3.1.4-11.el6.src.rpm
  • pciutils-libs-3.1.4-11.el6.i686.rpm
  • pciutils-debuginfo-3.1.4-11.el6.ppc.rpm
  • pciutils-debuginfo-3.1.4-11.el6.s390.rpm
  • pciutils-devel-3.1.4-11.el6.s390.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information