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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:1603 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:1603 - Bug Fix Advisory

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Synopsis

ipmitool bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

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 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 Workstation 6 x86_64
  • 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 - 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

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a377a5c5d895c5c74190360e68e15c565a65c8a36cd90e1a18b0895ca58de8d4
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70976db806691c377b78b758c27264abe3eb415e88409c8a6d85ce6ca69592a8
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70976db806691c377b78b758c27264abe3eb415e88409c8a6d85ce6ca69592a8
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b0f3ce780c01658b5f0534ced957836492fd3ec9ee82eb6ba16f5bd45a123d75
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b0f3ce780c01658b5f0534ced957836492fd3ec9ee82eb6ba16f5bd45a123d75
i386
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5076a381e94e594ddab064523ee7a3e2db905d4232e5e733c975d8db7bf671c4
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2fa39a832ebcb84b6c26a6b3d3eff47732155965ae2217a139d565553cb76997

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a377a5c5d895c5c74190360e68e15c565a65c8a36cd90e1a18b0895ca58de8d4
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70976db806691c377b78b758c27264abe3eb415e88409c8a6d85ce6ca69592a8
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b0f3ce780c01658b5f0534ced957836492fd3ec9ee82eb6ba16f5bd45a123d75
i386
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5076a381e94e594ddab064523ee7a3e2db905d4232e5e733c975d8db7bf671c4
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2fa39a832ebcb84b6c26a6b3d3eff47732155965ae2217a139d565553cb76997

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a377a5c5d895c5c74190360e68e15c565a65c8a36cd90e1a18b0895ca58de8d4
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70976db806691c377b78b758c27264abe3eb415e88409c8a6d85ce6ca69592a8
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b0f3ce780c01658b5f0534ced957836492fd3ec9ee82eb6ba16f5bd45a123d75
i386
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5076a381e94e594ddab064523ee7a3e2db905d4232e5e733c975d8db7bf671c4
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2fa39a832ebcb84b6c26a6b3d3eff47732155965ae2217a139d565553cb76997

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a377a5c5d895c5c74190360e68e15c565a65c8a36cd90e1a18b0895ca58de8d4
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70976db806691c377b78b758c27264abe3eb415e88409c8a6d85ce6ca69592a8
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b0f3ce780c01658b5f0534ced957836492fd3ec9ee82eb6ba16f5bd45a123d75
i386
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5076a381e94e594ddab064523ee7a3e2db905d4232e5e733c975d8db7bf671c4
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2fa39a832ebcb84b6c26a6b3d3eff47732155965ae2217a139d565553cb76997

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a377a5c5d895c5c74190360e68e15c565a65c8a36cd90e1a18b0895ca58de8d4
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70976db806691c377b78b758c27264abe3eb415e88409c8a6d85ce6ca69592a8
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b0f3ce780c01658b5f0534ced957836492fd3ec9ee82eb6ba16f5bd45a123d75
i386
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5076a381e94e594ddab064523ee7a3e2db905d4232e5e733c975d8db7bf671c4
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2fa39a832ebcb84b6c26a6b3d3eff47732155965ae2217a139d565553cb76997

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a377a5c5d895c5c74190360e68e15c565a65c8a36cd90e1a18b0895ca58de8d4
s390x
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f2054429ce161528aed6fd1c8414b59c80351878a1610c2291dad342393d071d
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c6b7675e6a8dd078b1b98432058ee1cf9cc344b98ca894ecb4b2ad441738fee7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a377a5c5d895c5c74190360e68e15c565a65c8a36cd90e1a18b0895ca58de8d4
ppc64
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: e27e9538ac6c48dc1cb16a41d8926d834d56e121b69acbad1eec281ca8f30095
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: ead36de9f5422d45fbb6cd8027b20ddae9be9d43686f9ce0e3b5ec04ac6ee0a3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a377a5c5d895c5c74190360e68e15c565a65c8a36cd90e1a18b0895ca58de8d4
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70976db806691c377b78b758c27264abe3eb415e88409c8a6d85ce6ca69592a8
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b0f3ce780c01658b5f0534ced957836492fd3ec9ee82eb6ba16f5bd45a123d75

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a377a5c5d895c5c74190360e68e15c565a65c8a36cd90e1a18b0895ca58de8d4
s390x
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f2054429ce161528aed6fd1c8414b59c80351878a1610c2291dad342393d071d
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c6b7675e6a8dd078b1b98432058ee1cf9cc344b98ca894ecb4b2ad441738fee7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a377a5c5d895c5c74190360e68e15c565a65c8a36cd90e1a18b0895ca58de8d4
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 70976db806691c377b78b758c27264abe3eb415e88409c8a6d85ce6ca69592a8
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b0f3ce780c01658b5f0534ced957836492fd3ec9ee82eb6ba16f5bd45a123d75
i386
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 5076a381e94e594ddab064523ee7a3e2db905d4232e5e733c975d8db7bf671c4
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 2fa39a832ebcb84b6c26a6b3d3eff47732155965ae2217a139d565553cb76997

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: a377a5c5d895c5c74190360e68e15c565a65c8a36cd90e1a18b0895ca58de8d4
s390x
ipmitool-1.8.11-12.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f2054429ce161528aed6fd1c8414b59c80351878a1610c2291dad342393d071d
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-12.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c6b7675e6a8dd078b1b98432058ee1cf9cc344b98ca894ecb4b2ad441738fee7

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