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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2013:0454 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2013-02-20
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0454 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

python-ethtool bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated python-ethtool packages that fix four bugs and add one enhancement are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The python-ethtool package makes the ethtool kernel interface available within
the Python programming environment to allow querying and changing of Ethernet
card settings, such as speed, port, auto-negotiation, and PCI locations.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • With this update, a typographical error has been corrected in the output of

the "pethtool --help" command. (BZ#692028)

  • Prior to this update, a memory leak occurred when the get_active_devices() and

get_interfaces_info() functions were called repeatedly. This bug has been fixed
and the memory leak no longer occurs in the described scenario. (BZ#698125)

  • Due to a bug in the command-line parser, the pifconfig utility did not accept

an interface as an argument if specified on the command line. Consequently, the
utility displayed all interfaces rather than just information about the
specified interface as was expected. The bug in the parser has been fixed and
pifconfig now correctly parses passed arguments. (BZ#714753)

  • Previously, if one network interface controller (NIC) had more IP addresses,

only the first address was reported multiple times. With this update, the
get_ipv4_addresses() method has been implemented to report all IP addresses on
the NIC. (BZ#759150)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

  • With this update, support for devices configured with IPv6 has been added to

the pifconfig utility. (BZ#698192)

All users of python-ethtool are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which fix these bugs and add this enhancement.

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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 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 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 (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 692028 - Typo in the pethtool --help message
  • BZ - 698125 - Memory leak in get_active_devices() and get_interfaces_info()
  • BZ - 698192 - pifconfig does not support IPv6
  • BZ - 714753 - "pifconfig <device>" lists all devices
  • BZ - 886644 - python-ethtool 0.6.2 - ipv4_address shows None

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cc18273eb1a54f574603755615dc582729cd5ba3175c7ff359e603ffa62c73
x86_64
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 712e73aa04a61b0dbb83f62d7a4d1a35fda785cc2dfe2f750b9c08f9b9cb8156
python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0fddee71b60da9302f5695fcd931be208a526f05dceef68f391f8cfa91f4d7cd
i386
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4d65d0d6d269a035c581846e0999cd40476575172f99c0998533fff099711729
python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: fd5aa5f3a3a96d05466806a7e8d38c2f77188193875f45e22c6b6809107428a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cc18273eb1a54f574603755615dc582729cd5ba3175c7ff359e603ffa62c73
x86_64
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 712e73aa04a61b0dbb83f62d7a4d1a35fda785cc2dfe2f750b9c08f9b9cb8156
python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0fddee71b60da9302f5695fcd931be208a526f05dceef68f391f8cfa91f4d7cd
i386
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4d65d0d6d269a035c581846e0999cd40476575172f99c0998533fff099711729
python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: fd5aa5f3a3a96d05466806a7e8d38c2f77188193875f45e22c6b6809107428a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cc18273eb1a54f574603755615dc582729cd5ba3175c7ff359e603ffa62c73
x86_64
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 712e73aa04a61b0dbb83f62d7a4d1a35fda785cc2dfe2f750b9c08f9b9cb8156
python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0fddee71b60da9302f5695fcd931be208a526f05dceef68f391f8cfa91f4d7cd
i386
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4d65d0d6d269a035c581846e0999cd40476575172f99c0998533fff099711729
python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: fd5aa5f3a3a96d05466806a7e8d38c2f77188193875f45e22c6b6809107428a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cc18273eb1a54f574603755615dc582729cd5ba3175c7ff359e603ffa62c73
x86_64
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 712e73aa04a61b0dbb83f62d7a4d1a35fda785cc2dfe2f750b9c08f9b9cb8156
python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0fddee71b60da9302f5695fcd931be208a526f05dceef68f391f8cfa91f4d7cd
i386
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4d65d0d6d269a035c581846e0999cd40476575172f99c0998533fff099711729
python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: fd5aa5f3a3a96d05466806a7e8d38c2f77188193875f45e22c6b6809107428a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cc18273eb1a54f574603755615dc582729cd5ba3175c7ff359e603ffa62c73
s390x
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e84ce8ea5b5d033e5f8decaec5f51125486d6989152ccfd30900d5555b7d4a43
python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 342c3310f54c5b37de4db031f1451f67324e4c8d5d8e81c92800a741acbf55f2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cc18273eb1a54f574603755615dc582729cd5ba3175c7ff359e603ffa62c73
ppc64
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 9cc3ac432a6e4d1abd61f04061eaf23ba4270857f18544ab36b1db60af72bf77
python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 81fe5c295a8c55ec10ddb4da37a2ae4e175c47d261a93fc02b67a4fa08277e3d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cc18273eb1a54f574603755615dc582729cd5ba3175c7ff359e603ffa62c73
x86_64
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 712e73aa04a61b0dbb83f62d7a4d1a35fda785cc2dfe2f750b9c08f9b9cb8156
python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0fddee71b60da9302f5695fcd931be208a526f05dceef68f391f8cfa91f4d7cd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cc18273eb1a54f574603755615dc582729cd5ba3175c7ff359e603ffa62c73
x86_64
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 712e73aa04a61b0dbb83f62d7a4d1a35fda785cc2dfe2f750b9c08f9b9cb8156
python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0fddee71b60da9302f5695fcd931be208a526f05dceef68f391f8cfa91f4d7cd
i386
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 4d65d0d6d269a035c581846e0999cd40476575172f99c0998533fff099711729
python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: fd5aa5f3a3a96d05466806a7e8d38c2f77188193875f45e22c6b6809107428a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cc18273eb1a54f574603755615dc582729cd5ba3175c7ff359e603ffa62c73
s390x
python-ethtool-0.6-3.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e84ce8ea5b5d033e5f8decaec5f51125486d6989152ccfd30900d5555b7d4a43
python-ethtool-debuginfo-0.6-3.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 342c3310f54c5b37de4db031f1451f67324e4c8d5d8e81c92800a741acbf55f2

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