Issued:
2013-02-20
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0417 - iproute bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

iproute bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated iproute packages that fix one bug and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The iproute packages contain networking utilities (ip and rtmon, for example) which are designed to use the advanced networking capabilities of the Linux kernel.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Invoking the socket stat utility, ss, with the "-ul" arguments did not list open UDP sockets. Consequently, users could not list open or listening UPD sockets. A patch has been applied to the ss utility to list UDP sockets and now the utility correctly reports all open UDP sockets. (BZ#811219)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

  • The iproute packages were distributed without the libnetlink library for accessing the netlink service. Consequently, it was not possible for users to utilize the libnetlink library features. The libnetlink library is now included in the newly introduced "iproute-devel" subpackage. As a result, users can now utilize libnetlink features. (BZ#821106)

All users of iproute are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug and add this enhancement.

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 - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
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

  • iproute-debuginfo-2.6.32-23.el6.ppc.rpm
  • iproute-debuginfo-2.6.32-23.el6.i686.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.32-23.el6.i686.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.32-23.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • iproute-debuginfo-2.6.32-23.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • iproute-debuginfo-2.6.32-23.el6.s390.rpm
  • iproute-devel-2.6.32-23.el6.i686.rpm
  • iproute-debuginfo-2.6.32-23.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • iproute-devel-2.6.32-23.el6.s390x.rpm
  • iproute-doc-2.6.32-23.el6.s390x.rpm
  • iproute-doc-2.6.32-23.el6.i686.rpm
  • iproute-devel-2.6.32-23.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.32-23.el6.s390x.rpm
  • iproute-doc-2.6.32-23.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • iproute-devel-2.6.32-23.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • iproute-doc-2.6.32-23.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • iproute-devel-2.6.32-23.el6.s390.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.32-23.el6.src.rpm
  • iproute-devel-2.6.32-23.el6.ppc.rpm
  • iproute-debuginfo-2.6.32-23.el6.s390x.rpm
  • iproute-2.6.32-23.el6.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information