Issued:
2012-02-20
Updated:
2012-02-20

RHBA-2012:0206 - lsof bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

lsof bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated lsof package that fixes two bugs and adds two enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The lsof (LiSt Open Files) package provides a utility to list information about files that are open and running on Linux and UNIX systems.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, the lsof utility ignored the -w option if both the -b and the -w options were specified. As a consequence, lsof failed to suppress warning messages. This update modifies the %changelog section of the underlying code. Now, the -w option successfully suppresses warning messages. (BZ#513613)

  • Prior to this update, lsof could, under certain circumstances, report incorrect server locations of mounted folders if multiple Network File System (NFS) shares from one host were mounted. This update allows multiple NFS clients to share superblocks. Now, lsof reports the correct server locations of mounted folders. (BZ#705424)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

  • This update adds offset support to report file offset of opened files. (BZ#582672)

  • This update adds the new option +|-e s to lsof which exempts file systems with the path name "s" from being subjected to kernel function calls that can block. (BZ#733684)

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

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 Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • lsof-4.78-6.src.rpm
  • lsof-4.78-6.s390x.rpm
  • lsof-4.78-6.i386.rpm
  • lsof-4.78-6.ppc.rpm
  • lsof-4.78-6.ia64.rpm
  • lsof-4.78-6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information