RHBA-2011:0010 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated kudzu package that fixes two bugs is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The kudzu package provides a hardware probing tool that is run at boot time to
determine what hardware has been added or removed from the system.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the presence of an unsupported sound card could cause kudzu to

list the available sound devices in unpredictable order. As a result, the
/etc/modprobe.conf configuration file could contain a line with an incorrect
"index" parameter for the sound module. With this update, unsupported sound
cards no longer affect the order of sound devices, and the "index" parameter is
now set correctly. (BZ#656926)

• When the information associated with a network device changed, kudzu

incorrectly recognized the device as a new one, even though its Media Access
Control (MAC) address remained the same. When this happened, kudzu corrupted the
Ethernet configuration. This update ensures that devices with the same MAC
address are treated as identical regardless of their associated information, and
a change to these information no longer affects the Ethernet configuration.
(BZ#656927)

All users are advised to upgrade to this updated 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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/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

• BZ - 656926 - [RHEL5.5-M4500]: Kudzu reverse sound card detection and breaks default audio
• BZ - 656927 - [Cisco 5.6 bug] ifcfg files get replaced with *.bak files

CVEs

(none)

References

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