RHBA-2011:1425 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The libhbaapi library is the Host Bus Adapter (HBA) API library for Fibre
Channel and Storage Area Network (SAN) resources. It contains a unified API that
programmers can use to access, query, observe and modify SAN and Fibre Channel
services.

This updated libhbaapi package includes fixes for the following bugs:

• The "libHBAAPI.so" shared object library, which provides the Host Bus Adapter

API library, failed to define a build dependency on the "libdl.so" library. As a
result, applications that linked to "libHBAAPI.so" without themselves including
the "libdl.so" dependency failed at start time when the libHBAAPI library tried
to call the dlopen function. With this update, the libdl.so dependency has been
added and the application builds as expected. (BZ#747897)

• Prior to this update, hba.conf was not marked in the libhbaapi package

specification file (spec file) as being exempt from verification. Consequently,
if the hba.conf config file was changed it was reported as an error by the file
verify function "rpm -V libhbaapi". With this update hba.conf is now marked in
the spec file as "%verify(not md5 size mtime)". As a result the hba.conf file is
no longer erroneously verified (for size, mtime, and checksum) and the test
functions as expected in the scenario described. (BZ#747897)

All users of libhbaapi are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
fixes these bugs.

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 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 - 532768 - libHBAAPI causes executable to exit upon start-up if executable does not include -ldl in makefile

CVEs

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References

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