RHBA-2011:0724 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated hal package that fixes two bugs is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

HAL is daemon for collecting and maintaining information from several
sources about the hardware on a system.

• Previously, the init script for hald did not parse a config file in

/etc/sysconfig. This meant that the only way to pass extra parameters to the
hald was to start them manually without the init script, or to modify the line
that launches hald in the init script itself. This update changes the startup
script to parse a config file in /etc/sysconfig for extra configuration
parameters. (BZ#576048)

• When checking hal-device on a device that did not exist, an error in dbus/hal

communication was displayed. In this update, hal no longer tries to close shared
DBus connections, and therefore avoids printing a warning. (BZ#676618)

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated hal package, which resolves these
issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the 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 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 676618 - hal throws an error if getting/setting property of non-existing UDI

CVEs

(none)

References

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