RHBA-2013:0092 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated iscsi-initiator-utils packages that fix multiple bugs and add various
enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The iscsi-initiator-utils packages provide the server daemon for the Internet
Small Computer System Interface (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.

• The iSCSI user-space driver, iscsiuio, has been upgraded to upstream version

0.7.4.3, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous
version. In particular, VLAN and routing support. (BZ#796836)

This update also fixes the following bug:

• The source RPM package for the iSCSI user-space driver, iscsiuio, did not

include the NEW and AUTHORS files as required by the GNU packaging guidelines,
and did not set the automake foreign option. The iscsiuio autoconf script uses
libtool macros, but libtool was not specified as a build requirement in the RPM
spec file. Consequently, attempting to rebuild the source RPM package in an
environment with automake installed failed. Attempting to rebuild the source RPM
package in an environment with autoconf installed, but without libtool, failed.
The iscsiuio source has been updated to set the foreign automake option, in
order to disable strict enforcing of the GNU packaging guidelines. In addition,
libtool has been added as a build requirement for iscsi-initiator-utils, so that
the required autoconf macros are available at build time. As a result, the
iscsi-initiator-utils package can be built from the source RPM in a build
environment that has automake and autoconf installed. (BZ#849661)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

• Some iSCSI offload hardware requires the network interface to be "up" to

function properly. Previously, this required additional network configuration
steps before starting iSCSI. With this update, when the iSCSI daemon (iscsid) is
starting an offloaded iSCSI session, the operational state of the associated
network interface is now checked. The network interface is brought into an
administrative up state automatically if needed. Offloaded iSCSI sessions can
now be established without manually configuring the network interface first,
iscsid will bring the interface up if needed. (BZ#798178)

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 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 - 798178 - iscsi bnx2i session logging will hang if bnx2x NIC his down.

CVEs

(none)

References

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