Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHEA-2011:1753 - lsof enhancement update


Synopsis

lsof enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

An updateed lsof package that adds one enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The lsof package provides the LiSt Open Files (LSOF) tool to list information about files that are open and running on a Linux/UNIX system.

This update adds the following enhancement:

  • This enhancement update adds the new option +|-e s to lsof which exempts file systems with the path name "s" from being subjected to kernel function calls that might block. Note, that only the first +|-e argument is processed and the rest is ignored. (BZ#671480)

All users of lsof are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which 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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259/

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-4.82-2.el6.i686.rpm
  • lsof-debuginfo-4.82-2.el6.s390x.rpm
  • lsof-4.82-2.el6.src.rpm
  • lsof-4.82-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • lsof-debuginfo-4.82-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • lsof-debuginfo-4.82-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • lsof-4.82-2.el6.s390x.rpm
  • lsof-4.82-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • lsof-4.82-2.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information