RHBA-2012:0263 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated iscsi-initiator-utils package that fixes three bugs and adds two
enhancements is now available Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The iscsi-initiator-utils package provides the server daemon for the iSCSI
protocol, as well as the utility programs used to manage it. iSCSI is a protocol
for distributed disk access using SCSI commands sent over Internet Protocol (IP)
networks.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the iscsiadm help wrongly listed discovery2 mode instead

of discoverydb. This update modifies the help file and now the correct output of
the help contents is shown. (BZ#714744)

• Prior to this update, iscsiadm did not accept host names or aliases as valid

values for the --portal argument. As a consequence,the iscsiadm failed with the
error message "iscsiadm: no records found!". This update matches the host name
to the IP address returned during discovery, so this issue no longer occurs.
(BZ#716323)

• Prior to this update, the brcm_iscsiuio daemon did not rotate the

brcm-iscsi.log file. As a consequence, the log file could grow excessively.
This update adds a logrotate entry for the brcm-iscsi.log file. (BZ#729355)

• Prior to this update,the iface net configuration parameters were not parsed

on. As a consequence, the iface parameters could not be updated. This update
modifies the idbm_recinfo_node routine to include the parsing of these
parameters. (BZ#759651)

This update also adds the following enhancements:

• This update upgrades uIP (micro IP) to the latest upstream version 0.7.0.6+ to

make uIP compatible with the updated bnx2x driver. (BZ#715396)

• This update adds leading-login support to reduce login storms during boot and

allows for initiating multiple iSCSI sessions from a single iface record.
(BZ#723715)

All users of iscsi-initiator-utils 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 - 714744 - iscsiadm command line help lists discovery2 mode instead of discoverydb
• BZ - 716323 - iscsiadm fails to connect while using hostname except of ip address
• BZ - 759651 - Bug found in the iface update for the new iface net config params

CVEs

(none)

References

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