RHBA-2012:0957 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated iscsi-initiator-utils packages that fix several bugs and add various
enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

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

The iscsiuio tool has been upgraded to upstream version 0.7.2.1, which provides
a number of bug fixes and one enhancement over the previous version. (BZ#740054)

This update fixes the following bugs:

• The iscsistart utility used hard-coded values as its settings. Consequently,

it could take several minutes before change failure detection and path failover
when using dm-multipath took place. With this update, the iscsistart utility has
been modified to process settings provided on the command line. (BZ#738192)

• The iSCSI README file incorrectly listed the --info option as the option to

display iscsiadm iSCSI information. The README has been corrected and it now
states correctly that you need to use the "-P 1" argument to obtain such
information. (BZ#739049)

• The iSCSI discovery process via a TOE (TCP Offload Engine) interface failed if

the "iscsiadm -m iface" command had not been executed. This happened because the
"iscsiadm -m" discovery command did not check interface settings. With this
update, the iscsiadm tool creates the default ifaces settings when first used
and the problem no longer occurs. (BZ#739843)

• If the port number was passed with a non-fully-qualified hostname to the

iscsiadm tool, the tool created records with the port being part of the
hostname. Consequently, the login or discovery operation failed because iscsiadm
was not able to find the record. With this update, the iscsiadm portal parser
has been modified to separate the port from the hostname. As a result, the port
is parsed and processed correctly. (BZ#796574)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

• The iscsidm tool has been updated to support the ping command using QLogic's

iSCSI offload cards and to manage the CHAP (Challenge-Handshake Authentication
Protocol) entries on the host. (BZ#790609)

All users of iscsi-initiator-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which fix these bugs and add 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/knowledge/articles/11258

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 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 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 i386
• 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 - 739843 - iscsiadm discovery cannot get correct iface information at first run
• BZ - 796574 - iscsiadm does not support hostname with port

CVEs

(none)

References

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