Synopsis

freeipmi bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated freeipmi packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The FreeIPMI project provides "Remote-Console" (out-of-band) and "System
Management Software" (in-band) based on the Intelligent Platform Management
Interface specification.

These updated freeipmi packages provide fixes for the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the "ipmi-sel" tool did not properly initialize itself
  and crashed when reading an empty SEL (System Event Log). With this update,
  ipmi-sel initialization is fixed and the tool no longer crashes when reading an
  empty SEL. (BZ#439411)
  
• Prior to this update, the "freeipmi-bmc-watchdog" service start did not expect
  that a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) watchdog timer could already be
  running and did not reset the timer. In addition, the service stop did not stop
  the BMC watchdog timer. This could result in a watchdog timer resetting, or
  shutting down, the machine. With this update, "service freeipmi-bmc-watchdog
  start" resets any previously started BMC watchdog timer and "service
  freeipmi-bmc-watchdog stop" correctly stops the timer. As a result the machine
  boots up normally. (BZ#639850)
  

All users of freeipmi are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix 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 Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 439411 - ipmi-sel aborts reading empty SEL log
• BZ - 639850 - BMC watchdog doesn't start if setup in bios with a bootup timeout

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
freeipmi-0.5.1-7.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 920f2915fec979d12880e2adb6c9720c97079859a808b5d3f44ba7452208bc6b
x86_64
freeipmi-0.5.1-7.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 2ae9d0011ab61b837da2a25c383f989faa681290365f3a16e017f0e8c0881f7b
freeipmi-0.5.1-7.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: c64863c34c2c39f1224d500ec6c243b7e90b2f6e3d05dd1c53b0ccbc3c93d01b
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0.5.1-7.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 76c261d85eaad8b7e9e89268ce8ec7bf4b8218cd4249f6b7be3b5b88115176ee
freeipmi-devel-0.5.1-7.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 466077344de6811cf369523d4622ac3f75d87c2b804687f2b4fc297183016ccf
freeipmi-devel-0.5.1-7.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: e37b21f77ce0f4ebee4dfc9bbc4f3d15122d1569cd0c73669c7631372d0ef90e
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-0.5.1-7.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: e8772e863d895c97d12f8127102a14864808f1276883b43fdca8fd16ab820ed2
ia64
freeipmi-0.5.1-7.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: dc71247775fcda6470b82cac7135fb3b8590b657d8ade4a265078504867478be
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0.5.1-7.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: f4fa9c2cc6ffa8bebfda3abf56cbdb81f8d7fd81ca95f9da37257594c332f538
freeipmi-devel-0.5.1-7.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 3d124dc85a124530624efa8c831073ca1e1ebabc92e79fb98343e35baa5d7f3e
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-0.5.1-7.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 9a19aa054d24337e5024ede4869c5ff9ddda58490fec3b4af8c6b0b85a85cfef
i386
freeipmi-0.5.1-7.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 2ae9d0011ab61b837da2a25c383f989faa681290365f3a16e017f0e8c0881f7b
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0.5.1-7.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 60656607a20f2f79212ee211f22325dc0b4ee110ce7d9f2ffb553b8bca2095bf
freeipmi-devel-0.5.1-7.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 466077344de6811cf369523d4622ac3f75d87c2b804687f2b4fc297183016ccf
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-0.5.1-7.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 1dbecbae5599429d04d2fb275eb6203e3e581fd832ecd3b911c125e976afd8cb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
freeipmi-0.5.1-7.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 920f2915fec979d12880e2adb6c9720c97079859a808b5d3f44ba7452208bc6b
x86_64
freeipmi-0.5.1-7.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 2ae9d0011ab61b837da2a25c383f989faa681290365f3a16e017f0e8c0881f7b
freeipmi-0.5.1-7.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: c64863c34c2c39f1224d500ec6c243b7e90b2f6e3d05dd1c53b0ccbc3c93d01b
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0.5.1-7.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 76c261d85eaad8b7e9e89268ce8ec7bf4b8218cd4249f6b7be3b5b88115176ee
freeipmi-devel-0.5.1-7.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 466077344de6811cf369523d4622ac3f75d87c2b804687f2b4fc297183016ccf
freeipmi-devel-0.5.1-7.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: e37b21f77ce0f4ebee4dfc9bbc4f3d15122d1569cd0c73669c7631372d0ef90e
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-0.5.1-7.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: e8772e863d895c97d12f8127102a14864808f1276883b43fdca8fd16ab820ed2
i386
freeipmi-0.5.1-7.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 2ae9d0011ab61b837da2a25c383f989faa681290365f3a16e017f0e8c0881f7b
freeipmi-bmc-watchdog-0.5.1-7.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 60656607a20f2f79212ee211f22325dc0b4ee110ce7d9f2ffb553b8bca2095bf
freeipmi-devel-0.5.1-7.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 466077344de6811cf369523d4622ac3f75d87c2b804687f2b4fc297183016ccf
freeipmi-ipmidetectd-0.5.1-7.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 1dbecbae5599429d04d2fb275eb6203e3e581fd832ecd3b911c125e976afd8cb