RHBA-2013:1408 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated fence-agents packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

Red Hat fence agents are a collection of scripts for handling remote power
management for cluster devices. They allow failed or unreachable nodes to be
forcibly restarted and removed from the cluster.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, the fence agent for IPMI (Intelligent Platform

Management Interface) could return an invalid return code when the "-M cycle"
option was used. This invalid return code could cause invalid interpretation of
success of a fence action, eventually causing the cluster to become
unresponsive. This bug has been fixed and only predefined return codes are now
returned in the described scenario. (BZ#1012567)

Users of fence-agents are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix this bug.

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

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.9 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.9 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.9 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.9 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.9 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.9 i386

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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