Issued:
2013-11-20
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:1639 - ipvsadm bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

ipvsadm bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated ipvsadm packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The ipvsadm package provides the ipsvadm tool to administer the IP Virtual Server services offered by the Linux kernel.

The ipvsadm packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.26, which provides new features to IPVS from the kernel side, which take full-advantage of PE config of SIP PE-data. In addition, this update:

  • fixes the "One Packet Scheduler" output for the status and save operations to include all Virtual Servers instead of only those configured with a persistent flag (BZ#986189);

  • addresses a possible, but very unlikely, memory corruption issues;

  • includes minor improvements to the manual pages related to ipvsadm.

Users of ipvsadm 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Load Balancer (for RHEL Server)6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Load Balancer (for RHEL Server)6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Load Balancer (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Load Balancer (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6i386

Updated Packages

  • ipvsadm-debuginfo-1.26-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • ipvsadm-debuginfo-1.26-2.el6.i686.rpm
  • ipvsadm-1.26-2.el6.src.rpm
  • ipvsadm-1.26-2.el6.i686.rpm
  • ipvsadm-1.26-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

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References

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Additional information