RHBA-2012:0556 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated sos packages that fix two bugs and add one enhancement are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The sos packages contain a set of tools that gather information from system
hardware, logs and configuration files. The information can then be used for
diagnostic purposes and debugging.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• An error in the parsing of the "brctl" command's output caused the sosreport

utility to log errors on systems with bridged network configurations. The
"sosreport" command printed a Python backtrace and certain bridge configuration
information was not collected from the system. This update corrects the parsing
of the "brctl" command's output so that no backtrace is printed and full bridge
configuration data is collected from the system. (BZ#800460)

• Previously, sos used a single fixed path to collect all libvirt logs in one

directory. On certain releases of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, the
libvirtd.log file could be located in the parent directory and, therefore, the
libvirtd.log file was not collected on such systems. The sosreport utility now
uses a wildcard character that matches both possible locations for the file. The
livirtd.log file is now collected reliably on all supported versions of Red Hat
Enterprise Virtualization. (BZ#817921)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

• This update adds a new plug-in that is necessary to collect the requisite logs

for the Gluster product. Information is collected from the files located in the
/etc/glusterd/ and /var/log/glusterfs/ directories. (BZ#801328)

All users of sos are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
these bugs.

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.2 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.2 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.2 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 Update Support from RHUI 6.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.2 i386
• Red Hat Storage 2.0 x86_64
• Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise 2.0 x86_64
• Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) 2.0 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.2 x86_64
• 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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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