Issued:
2013-01-07
Updated:
2013-01-07

RHBA-2012:1153 - iproute bug fix update

Synopsis

iproute bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated iproute packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The iproute packages provide networking utilities like ip and rtmon, which use the advanced networking capabilities of the Linux kernel.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Prior to this update, the print_route() could, udner circumstances use the wrong "hz" value. As a consequence, the "ip route show" option returned an incorrect value for rto_min (minimum TCP retransmission timeout). This update modifies the underlying code to identify the different "hz" values. Now, the correct rto_min value is displayed. (BZ#738965)

  • Prior to this update, the tc command-line utility generated a wrong filter match for the IPv6 "priority", the resulting match did not reflect the IPv6 header field proper. This update modifies the underlying code to match the IPv6 "Priority" header as expected. (BZ#751285)

All users of iproute are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

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 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

  • iproute-2.6.18-15.el5.src.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.18-15.el5.ia64.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.18-15.el5.ppc.rpm
  • iproute-debuginfo-2.6.18-15.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.18-15.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • iproute-debuginfo-2.6.18-15.el5.ia64.rpm
  • iproute-debuginfo-2.6.18-15.el5.i386.rpm
  • iproute-debuginfo-2.6.18-15.el5.s390x.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.18-15.el5.s390x.rpm
  • iproute-debuginfo-2.6.18-15.el5.ppc.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.18-15.el5.i386.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information