RHBA-2011:1646 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated usbutils package that fixes several bugs and adds various
enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The usbutils package contains utilities for inspecting devices connected to a
USB bus.

The usbutils package has been upgraded to upstream version 003, which adds
support for USB3 devices. Note: warning messages about short transfer on control
endpoint and stalled endpoint can under circumstances be logged after the
upgrade. This is the standard behavior of the xHCI driver and these messages can
be safely ignored. This update also provides a number of bug fixes and
enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#725973, BZ#725096)

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, when running the "lsusb -t" command in a KVM guest, the lsusb

utility terminated with a segmentation fault. The utility has been modified and
now lists USB devices correctly. (BZ#725982)

• The FILES item in the lsusb(8) manual page displayed an incorrect path to the

usb.ids file. This path has been changed to the correct
/usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids path. (BZ#730671)

All users of usbutils are advised to upgrade to this updated usbutils package,
which fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements.

Solution

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

This update is available via 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 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 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 Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 725096 - support for usb3 descriptors
• BZ - 729901 - usb.ids is missing in rebased usbutils package
• BZ - 730671 - incorrect usb.ids path in lsusb man-page
• BZ - 736739 - usbutils update moves lsusb from /usr/sbin to /usr/bin

CVEs

(none)

References

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