RHBA-2008:0329 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated kudzu packages that fix various bugs are now available.

Description

Kudzu is a hardware probing tool that runs while the system boots to
determine what hardware has been added or removed from the system.

These updated packages fix the following bugs:

• if quotes were added to the "HWADDR" or "SUBCHANNELS" options in

"/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*" files, Kudzu failed to parse them
correctly. Because of this, configuration files were not regenerated. In
these updated packages, Kudzu correctly parses "ifcfg-*" files that contain
quotes, which resolves this issue.

• in the previous kudzu packages, when Kudzu detected a new or replaced

network card, Kudzu modified the configuration for the previous network
card, and reconfigured the new card to use DHCP. In these updated packages,
if the device does not have "HWADDR" specified, Kudzu no longer modifies
configurations when device changes occur.

Users of kudzu are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve 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 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 243653 - kudzu fails to cope with quoted parameters in ifcfg files

CVEs

(none)

References

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