Issued:
2015-07-22
Updated:
2015-07-22

RHBA-2015:1246 - lsof bug fix update

Synopsis

lsof bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

Updated lsof packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The lsof (LiSt Open Files) package provides a utility to list information about files that are open by the processes running on Linux and UNIX systems.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, the lsof utility could, under certain circumstances, report incorrect server locations of mounted folders if multiple Network File System (NFS) shares from one host were mounted. This update allows multiple NFS clients to share superblocks. Now, lsof reports the correct server locations of mounted folders. (BZ#772991)

  • Previously, lsof did not recognize Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) associations and consequently printed "can't identify protocol" at the end of the line describing a process using this type of association. With this update, support for SCTP has been added, and as a result, lsof correctly identifies SCTP associations in its output. (BZ#668099)

Users of lsof 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.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/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

  • lsof-debuginfo-4.82-5.el6.s390x.rpm
  • lsof-debuginfo-4.82-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • lsof-4.82-5.el6.src.rpm
  • lsof-debuginfo-4.82-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • lsof-4.82-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • lsof-debuginfo-4.82-5.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • lsof-4.82-5.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • lsof-4.82-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • lsof-4.82-5.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information