Synopsis

lsof bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated lsof package that fixes two bugs and adds two enhancements is now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The lsof (LiSt Open Files) package provides a utility to list information about
files that are open and running on Linux and UNIX systems.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the lsof utility ignored the -w option if both the -b
  and the -w options were specified. As a consequence, lsof failed to suppress
  warning messages. This update modifies the %changelog section of the underlying
  code. Now, the -w option successfully suppresses warning messages. (BZ#513613)
  
• Prior to this update, lsof could, under certain circumstances, report
  incorrect server locations of mounted folders if multiple Network File System
  (NFS) shares from one host were mounted. This update allows multiple NFS clients
  to share superblocks. Now, lsof reports the correct server locations of mounted
  folders. (BZ#705424)
  

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

• This update adds offset support to report file offset of opened files.
  (BZ#582672)
  
• This update adds the new option +|-e s to lsof which exempts file systems with
  the path name "s" from being subjected to kernel function calls that can block.
  (BZ#733684)
  

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

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 - 705424 - lsof output of NFS mounts is incoherent

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
lsof-4.78-6.src.rpm	SHA-256: ada0b2439a1a4fc438dbe76edcde8794b2b471df409d117a0db1ebfcbc297c9d
x86_64
lsof-4.78-6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 343c62343dce5dc91081564abcf450cd8dfc915306d1d6c2412ad58c3b6199b3
ia64
lsof-4.78-6.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: af2fb991f90991cf3f32d803f994070bed383cab048edd8eb357ea0aab806c29
i386
lsof-4.78-6.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5018b4459663c5b1adcbd09ec264f7a8e985fed8f5441dc743552d6d94eebd38

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
lsof-4.78-6.src.rpm	SHA-256: ada0b2439a1a4fc438dbe76edcde8794b2b471df409d117a0db1ebfcbc297c9d
x86_64
lsof-4.78-6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 343c62343dce5dc91081564abcf450cd8dfc915306d1d6c2412ad58c3b6199b3
i386
lsof-4.78-6.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5018b4459663c5b1adcbd09ec264f7a8e985fed8f5441dc743552d6d94eebd38

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
lsof-4.78-6.src.rpm	SHA-256: ada0b2439a1a4fc438dbe76edcde8794b2b471df409d117a0db1ebfcbc297c9d
x86_64
lsof-4.78-6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 343c62343dce5dc91081564abcf450cd8dfc915306d1d6c2412ad58c3b6199b3
i386
lsof-4.78-6.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5018b4459663c5b1adcbd09ec264f7a8e985fed8f5441dc743552d6d94eebd38

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
lsof-4.78-6.src.rpm	SHA-256: ada0b2439a1a4fc438dbe76edcde8794b2b471df409d117a0db1ebfcbc297c9d
s390x
lsof-4.78-6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 770a5ec038ee59ec3997610a24297f6be954244692735f74ece16875c255a5e7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
lsof-4.78-6.src.rpm	SHA-256: ada0b2439a1a4fc438dbe76edcde8794b2b471df409d117a0db1ebfcbc297c9d
ppc
lsof-4.78-6.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: e848d32fcc629914aa61741366da47129071a3808fde16b6041f19a9f81753ce

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
lsof-4.78-6.src.rpm	SHA-256: ada0b2439a1a4fc438dbe76edcde8794b2b471df409d117a0db1ebfcbc297c9d
x86_64
lsof-4.78-6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 343c62343dce5dc91081564abcf450cd8dfc915306d1d6c2412ad58c3b6199b3
i386
lsof-4.78-6.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5018b4459663c5b1adcbd09ec264f7a8e985fed8f5441dc743552d6d94eebd38