RHBA-2011:1603 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The ipmitool package contains a command line utility for interfacing with
devices that support the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
specification. IPMI is an open standard for machine health, inventory, and
remote power control.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, ipmitool's Serial Over LAN (SOL) module erroneously

calculated the number of octets processed by the Baseboard Management
Controller and could have resent already acknowledged chunks of serial
communication, which could have corrupted the serial line with additional
characters. Under certain circumstances, this could have also brought ipmitool
into an endless loop or unexpected termination. With this update, ipmitool now
correctly calculates the number of octets processed by the BMC and does not
resend unwanted characters over the serial line. (BZ#675975)

• This update improves integration of the Linux Multiple Device (MD) driver with

ipmitool to indicate the SCSI enclosure services (SES) status and drive
activities for the PCIe SSD based solutions. (BZ#727314)

• This update adds the "channel setkg" subcommand to the "ipmitool" command,

which allows for KG key configuration. (BZ#726390)

• This update adds the "-Y" option, which allows reading of the KG key from the

terminal. (BZ#726390)

• A serial console connected to over the LAN and activated with the command

"ipmitool sol activate" contained a memory leak, which could have consumed all
available memory resources over time. This update fixes the problem. (BZ#731977)

• Invoking "ipmitool delloem powermonitor" did not properly convert values

received over the network to integer numbers on big-endian systems (PowerPC, IBM
System z). As a result, mostly random values were displayed when reporting power
consumption. This update fixes the integer conversions in the "powermonitor"
command so that the power consumption is now reported correctly on PowerPC and
IBM System z architectures. (BZ#731718)

All users of ipmitool 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 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• 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 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 698647 - missing '-Y' option
• BZ - 726390 - can't set k-g key in ipmitool on rhel6
• BZ - 731718 - random values when running delloem command on ppc, s390x
• BZ - 731977 - memory leak: 25,830 bytes in 315 blocks are definitely lost

CVEs

(none)

References

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