Issued:
2012-06-20
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0875 - ipmitool bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

ipmitool bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated ipmitool packages that fix two bugs and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The ipmitool packages contain a command line utility for interfacing with devices that support the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification. IPMI is an open standard for machine health, inventory, and remote power control.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, the exit code of the "ipmitool -o list" command was set incorrectly so that the command always returned 1. This update modifies ipmitool to return the exit code 0 as expected. (BZ#715615)

  • The "ipmitool sol payload" and "ipmitool sel" commands previously accepted incorrect argument values, which caused the ipmitool utility to terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. With this update, argument values of these commands are now validated, and ipmitool no longer crashes but generates an error message when used with incorrect arguments. (BZ#725993)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

  • Previously, ipmitool could not be used to set retransmission intervals of IPMI messages over the LAN or lanplus interface. This update introduces new options, "-R" and "-N", which can be used to specify number of retransmissions and delay between them (in seconds) when transferring IPMI messages using the LAN or lanplus interfaces. (BZ#748073)

  • The "ipmitool delloem" command has been updated to the latest upstream version, which includes the new "vFlash" command allowing to show information about extended SD cards. This patch also updates documentation of the "ipmitool delloem" commands, improves error descriptions and adds support for new hardware. (BZ#739358)

All users of ipmitool are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

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 - 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

  • ipmitool-1.8.11-13.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-13.el6.s390x.rpm
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-13.el6.i686.rpm
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-13.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.11-13.el6.i686.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.11-13.el6.src.rpm
  • ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-13.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.11-13.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • ipmitool-1.8.11-13.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information