RHBA-2011:0497 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated v7 package that fixes several bugs and adds multiple enhancements is
now available.

Description

v7, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux hardware certification test suite, verifies the
compatibility of hardware devices. Each v7 test run builds a results database
for submission to Red Hat's hardware catalog as an RPM package. v7 replaces Red
Hat Hardware Test Suite (HTS) for certifying hardware for use with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux.

This updated v7 package includes numerous bug fixes and enhancements. Space
precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed
to the v7 Hardware Certification Test Suite 1 Technical Notes for information on
the most significant of these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/v7_Hardware_Certification_Test_Suite/1/html/Technical_Notes/index.html

All users of v7 are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which provides
numerous bug fixes and enhancements.

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 Hardware Certification Test Suite 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite 6 s390x
• Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite 6 i386
• Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite 5 ppc
• Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite 5 ia64
• Red Hat Hardware Certification Test Suite 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 485212 - plan --add command may end up with irrelevant UDI information
• BZ - 589425 - Please bring the minor RHEL version back in info output
• BZ - 589739 - CPUSCALING test includes unprocessed tags around displayed text
• BZ - 589806 - v7 1.1-23 man page says it's version 1.0-21
• BZ - 607976 - sosreport: error: no such option: --no-progressbar
• BZ - 617646 - v7 print --report full does not show guest logs/results for fv_* tests
• BZ - 618358 - v7 server - fencing test requires fence-agents rpm
• BZ - 623787 - core test - stress portion should scale for memory size
• BZ - 626970 - FEAT: kdump test needs to verify kdump
• BZ - 627043 - HWCert: RedHat v7-1.2-16 network test on sit0 interface fails on RHEL6.0 beta2 (snap10)
• BZ - 635973 - reboot test should set vmcore size before testing kdump
• BZ - 637687 - Please show the NIC's info in detail
• BZ - 640138 - v7 CPUSCALING fails with traceback "float argument required" on non-repeatable performance test loads
• BZ - 641157 - Fencing test gives result of AUTO when run, instead of PASS or FAIL
• BZ - 642029 - [v7] USB SCSI tape drives cause: UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 13-20: ordinal not in range(128)
• BZ - 646277 - core test reports PASS when clock jitter test fails
• BZ - 649314 - v7 returns 1 on successful run
• BZ - 649444 - Enhance v7 to prompt users when SELinux is not in Enforcing mode
• BZ - 649520 - fv_* tests are not being planned on 32-bit RHEL5.5
• BZ - 649729 - RHEL5 fv_tests may fail on initial run due to kvm modules not installed
• BZ - 654960 - info test reports a pass even though kernel validation fails.
• BZ - 659789 - Enhance command set for better usability and control of testing
• BZ - 660214 - reboot test run results in unparsable info test logs
• BZ - 668041 - v7 virtualization tests should log image meta-data
• BZ - 670989 - v7 test fails with a traceback when saving test log
• BZ - 674375 - v7 certify misses tests where one of serveral devices has passed
• BZ - 677708 - test build warnings produce traceback
• BZ - 677752 - FEAT: network test ICMP/ping test improvements
• BZ - 678180 - cpuscaling verify traceback when unable to find cpufreq directories
• BZ - 678642 - Error output is missing line breaks
• BZ - 678949 - oprofiled did not start on Nehalem-EX platform
• BZ - 678974 - pccard testing fail on v7-1.3-10
• BZ - 678984 - can't find tape device on RHEL6.1
• BZ - 679011 - fencing test fail on v7-1.3-10
• BZ - 680225 - network test should use HTTP for file transfer tests rather than NFS
• BZ - 681470 - v7 submit fail on ppc64
• BZ - 681737 - core test reports PASS even though there is an Error :Could not find log messages since last boot in /var/log/messages
• BZ - 682115 - RHEL 6.1 fv tests fail on spurious stderr output of virt-install and kpartx
• BZ - 682672 - reboot testing abort on RHEL6.1
• BZ - 682969 - v7 certify test have no return value
• BZ - 688748 - network test fails in http transfer - v7 server directory permissions problem
• BZ - 689494 - Traceback on RHEL5: configfile.py
• BZ - 690198 - cpuscaling test can fail a package, and still pass the system
• BZ - 690215 - floppy test is no longer required for certification
• BZ - 690218 - v7 should re-raise test exceptions when --debug is set
• BZ - 690338 - v7 certify --mode auto prompts user
• BZ - 690797 - Some test parameters should be moved to v7's configuration file
• BZ - 690799 - FV tests should run v7 with --mode auto on guest
• BZ - 693429 - v7: clocktest only works up to 1024p
• BZ - 696873 - The info test of v7-1.3.19beta is always incomplete and without a exit code.
• BZ - 697017 - video test uses xdpyinfo and should require xorg-x11-utils
• BZ - 697846 - info test logs missing when reboot test is run
• BZ - 697863 - multiple reboot tests are not run correctly
• BZ - 698463 - network test is killed on s390x
• BZ - 698984 - v7 sets /var/v7/store as world-writeable
• BZ - 701621 - suspend test failed on RHEL6

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/v7_Hardware_Certification_Test_Suite/1/html/Technical_Notes/index.html