RHBA-2007:0810 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated iscsi-initiator-utils package that fixes various bugs is now
available

Description

The iscsi package provides the server daemon for the iSCSI protocol, as
well as the utility programs used to manage it. iSCSI is a protocol for
distributed disk access using SCSI commands sent over Internet Protocol
networks.

This updated package fixes the following bugs:

• when running "service iscsi reload", file descriptors were leaked.
• when running iscsi-rescan or "service iscsi reload", changes in device

size were not picked up.

• the documentation did not indicate that data digests were not supported.
• the documentation did not indicate the CHAP length limits.
• the README was not clear about how to set global and local values.
• the iSCSI daemon did not close the discovery session immediately even if

the "Continuous" option was set to No.

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated iscsi-initiator-utils package,
which resolves these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 159709 - Executing "shut/no shut" on iscsi port on MDS crashed the linux host
• BZ - 196059 - [EMC RHEL4.6 FEAT] The iscsi user/password character length limits are not documented.
• BZ - 238413 - [NetApp-S 4.6 feat] iscsi lun resize dosen't take effect without a restart
• BZ - 245791 - [LSI-E 4.6 bug] Data digest CRC errors with high I/O load.
• BZ - 245800 - [EMC 4.6 bug] The parsing logic in iscsi-linux incorrectly sets global parameters.

CVEs

(none)

References

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