RHBA-2009:0404 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated iproute package that fixes a bug is now available.

Description

The iproute package contains networking utilities such as ip and rtmon,
which use the advanced networking capabilities of the Linux 2.4 and 2.6
kernels.

This updated iproute package fixes a bug which resulted in stack corruption
when the command "ip maddr show" was used with an InfiniBand address. This
occurred because the length of an InfiniBand address did not fit into the
16-byte field in which it was stored. With this update, the InfiniBand
address is stored correctly, thus preventing possible stack corruption.

All users of iproute are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.

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/docs/DOC-11259

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

CVEs

(none)

References

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