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

RHBA-2012:0912 - fprintd bug fix update

Synopsis

fprintd bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated fprintd packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The fprintd packages contains a D-Bus service to access fingerprint readers.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, if no USB support was available on a machine (for example, virtual machines on a hypervisor that disabled USB support for guests), the fprintd daemon received the SIGABRT signal, and therefore terminated abnormally. Such crashes did not cause any system failure; however, the Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) was alerted every time. With this update, the underlying code has been modified so that the fprintd daemon now exits gracefully on machines with no USB support. (BZ#665837)

All users of fprintd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix 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 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 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 Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-20.git04fd09cfa.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • fprintd-0.1-20.git04fd09cfa.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-20.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-20.git04fd09cfa.el6.ppc.rpm
  • fprintd-pam-0.1-20.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fprintd-debuginfo-0.1-20.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm
  • fprintd-0.1-20.git04fd09cfa.el6.src.rpm
  • fprintd-devel-0.1-20.git04fd09cfa.el6.noarch.rpm
  • fprintd-pam-0.1-20.git04fd09cfa.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • fprintd-pam-0.1-20.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm
  • fprintd-0.1-20.git04fd09cfa.el6.i686.rpm
  • fprintd-0.1-20.git04fd09cfa.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fprintd-pam-0.1-20.git04fd09cfa.el6.ppc.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information