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

RHBA-2013:0454 - python-ethtool bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

python-ethtool bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated python-ethtool packages that fix four bugs and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The python-ethtool package makes the ethtool kernel interface available within the Python programming environment to allow querying and changing of Ethernet card settings, such as speed, port, auto-negotiation, and PCI locations.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • With this update, a typographical error has been corrected in the output of the "pethtool --help" command. (BZ#692028)

  • Prior to this update, a memory leak occurred when the get_active_devices() and get_interfaces_info() functions were called repeatedly. This bug has been fixed and the memory leak no longer occurs in the described scenario. (BZ#698125)

  • Due to a bug in the command-line parser, the pifconfig utility did not accept an interface as an argument if specified on the command line. Consequently, the utility displayed all interfaces rather than just information about the specified interface as was expected. The bug in the parser has been fixed and pifconfig now correctly parses passed arguments. (BZ#714753)

  • Previously, if one network interface controller (NIC) had more IP addresses, only the first address was reported multiple times. With this update, the get_ipv4_addresses() method has been implemented to report all IP addresses on the NIC. (BZ#759150)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

  • With this update, support for devices configured with IPv6 has been added to the pifconfig utility. (BZ#698192)

All users of python-ethtool are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs 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 - 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

  • python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.src.rpm
  • python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.s390x.rpm
  • python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information