Issued:
2012-06-20
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHEA-2012:0848 - libhbalinux enhancement update


Synopsis

libhbalinux enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated libhbalinux package that fixes multiple bugs and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The libhbalinux package contains the Host Bus Adapter API (HBAAPI) vendor library which uses standard kernel interfaces to obtain information about Fiber Channel Host Buses (FC HBA) in the system.

The libhbalinux packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.0.13, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#719584)

All users of libhbalinux are advised to upgrade to this updated libhbalinux package, which fixes these bugs and adds 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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
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

  • libhbalinux-debuginfo-1.0.13-1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libhbalinux-1.0.13-1.el6.s390.rpm
  • libhbalinux-1.0.13-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libhbalinux-1.0.13-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libhbalinux-devel-1.0.13-1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libhbalinux-1.0.13-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • libhbalinux-devel-1.0.13-1.el6.s390.rpm
  • libhbalinux-debuginfo-1.0.13-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libhbalinux-debuginfo-1.0.13-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • libhbalinux-devel-1.0.13-1.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libhbalinux-devel-1.0.13-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • libhbalinux-devel-1.0.13-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libhbalinux-debuginfo-1.0.13-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • libhbalinux-debuginfo-1.0.13-1.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libhbalinux-devel-1.0.13-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • libhbalinux-1.0.13-1.el6.ppc.rpm
  • libhbalinux-1.0.13-1.el6.src.rpm
  • libhbalinux-1.0.13-1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • libhbalinux-debuginfo-1.0.13-1.el6.s390.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information