RHBA-2009:1622 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated cman packages that fix bugs are now available.

Description

The Cluster Manager (cman) utility provides user-level services for
managing a Linux cluster.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• qdiskd erroneously writes the message "qdiskd: read (system call) has hung

for X seconds". (BZ 537157)

• Crash in fence_ipmilan when -M switch was not present on the command-line. (BZ 537157)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated cman 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/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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.4 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 537152 - uninitialized variable "method" in fence_ipmilan can cause breakage when trying to fence a node without explicitly specifying a value
• BZ - 537157 - qdiskd erroneously writes the message "qdiskd: read (system call) has hung for X seconds"

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)