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

RHBA-2012:0279 - scsi-target-utils bug fix update

Synopsis

scsi-target-utils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated scsi-target-utils package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The scsi-target-utils package contains the daemon and tools used to set up iSCSI and the iSCSI Extensions for RDMA (iSER) targets.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Prior to this update, scsi-target-utils could, under certain circumstances, terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault when the tgt daemon was stopped. This bug has been fixed in the code and scsi-target-utils no longer crashes in the described scenario. (BZ#742640)

All users of scsi-target-utils are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

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 Resilient Storage for x86_645x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_645ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_645ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_645i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI5i386

Updated Packages

  • scsi-target-utils-1.0.14-2.el5.src.rpm
  • scsi-target-utils-1.0.14-2.el5.i386.rpm
  • scsi-target-utils-1.0.14-2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • scsi-target-utils-1.0.14-2.el5.ia64.rpm
  • scsi-target-utils-1.0.14-2.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information