Synopsis

ipmitool bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated ipmitool packages that fix several bugs are now available.

Description

The ipmitool package contains a command-line utility for interfacing with
devices that support the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
specification. IPMI is an open standard for machine health, inventory, and
remote power control.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• In a previous ipmitool update, the new options "-R" and "-N" were added to
  adjust the retransmission rate of outgoing IPMI requests over LAN and lanplus
  interfaces. Implementation of these options set a wrong default value of the
  retransmission timeout, and an outgoing request timed out prematurely. In
  addition, in some corner cases, ipmitool could terminate unexpectedly with a
  segmentation fault when the timeout occurred. This update fixes the default
  timeout value, so ipmitool without the "-N" option retransmits outgoing IPMI
  requests as in previous versions, and crashes no longer occur in the described
  scenario. (BZ#826027)
  
• Previously, enabling the "ipmi" and "link" keys in user access information
  using the ipmitool utility did not work properly. Consequently, the values of
  these settings were not taken into account. A patch has been provided that
  ensures the values of these settings are read and processed as expected.
  (BZ#903251)
  
• In cases of congested network or slow-responding Baseboard Management
  Controller (BMC), the reply operation timeout triggered the protocol command
  retry action. Consequently, the ipmitool utility could incorrectly process a LAN
  session protocol command with the reply from a previous protocol command. This
  update fixes handling of expected replies for each command alone, and cleans up
  expected replies between commands. Now, the retried reply of the first command
  is correctly ignored while the later command, which is currently pending, is
  properly processed in the described scenario. (BZ#923192)
  

Users of ipmitool are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs. After installing this update, the IPMI event daemon (ipmievd) will
be restarted automatically.

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/site/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 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 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 826027 - ipmitool segfaults in ipmi_lanplus_send_payload

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a486f0a692ae7e2288b09e73cc83b52381c68c1237e2c22daeab238c1b9de3e5
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 786e147bdd02525d65ff93cd6376c0c1ef78ecb2ed662efd170b431952df4fee
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-16.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5308de9770f280cccc62bfc90b1fa672fd09934479f6718be0e116fc3e9a86b2
i386
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 0e50d306817e1653416ef18544e769ac4afed64013cb6b37aa39ed969dac83f3
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-16.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 3ff4bf0a238001617ae2f16aff228983ab0f9c2b8d5d6e631ce3f35bce38a7dc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a486f0a692ae7e2288b09e73cc83b52381c68c1237e2c22daeab238c1b9de3e5
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 786e147bdd02525d65ff93cd6376c0c1ef78ecb2ed662efd170b431952df4fee
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-16.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5308de9770f280cccc62bfc90b1fa672fd09934479f6718be0e116fc3e9a86b2
i386
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 0e50d306817e1653416ef18544e769ac4afed64013cb6b37aa39ed969dac83f3
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-16.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 3ff4bf0a238001617ae2f16aff228983ab0f9c2b8d5d6e631ce3f35bce38a7dc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a486f0a692ae7e2288b09e73cc83b52381c68c1237e2c22daeab238c1b9de3e5
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 786e147bdd02525d65ff93cd6376c0c1ef78ecb2ed662efd170b431952df4fee
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-16.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5308de9770f280cccc62bfc90b1fa672fd09934479f6718be0e116fc3e9a86b2
i386
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 0e50d306817e1653416ef18544e769ac4afed64013cb6b37aa39ed969dac83f3
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-16.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 3ff4bf0a238001617ae2f16aff228983ab0f9c2b8d5d6e631ce3f35bce38a7dc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a486f0a692ae7e2288b09e73cc83b52381c68c1237e2c22daeab238c1b9de3e5
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 786e147bdd02525d65ff93cd6376c0c1ef78ecb2ed662efd170b431952df4fee
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-16.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5308de9770f280cccc62bfc90b1fa672fd09934479f6718be0e116fc3e9a86b2
i386
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 0e50d306817e1653416ef18544e769ac4afed64013cb6b37aa39ed969dac83f3
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-16.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 3ff4bf0a238001617ae2f16aff228983ab0f9c2b8d5d6e631ce3f35bce38a7dc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a486f0a692ae7e2288b09e73cc83b52381c68c1237e2c22daeab238c1b9de3e5
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 786e147bdd02525d65ff93cd6376c0c1ef78ecb2ed662efd170b431952df4fee
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-16.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5308de9770f280cccc62bfc90b1fa672fd09934479f6718be0e116fc3e9a86b2
i386
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 0e50d306817e1653416ef18544e769ac4afed64013cb6b37aa39ed969dac83f3
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-16.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 3ff4bf0a238001617ae2f16aff228983ab0f9c2b8d5d6e631ce3f35bce38a7dc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a486f0a692ae7e2288b09e73cc83b52381c68c1237e2c22daeab238c1b9de3e5
s390x
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 62584d7ef7bde95c3c0a81a3b4f65bb3170f4c0e956405813fe01cfa40df00eb
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-16.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 1b2926346c6fe216429cc6dc6fabe4862af81f0193133304b225d9a2b77284c5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a486f0a692ae7e2288b09e73cc83b52381c68c1237e2c22daeab238c1b9de3e5
ppc64
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 70776576aed780ff15777838b92e20cfd310b1958687fa580ae8cd4e8c1efe83
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-16.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: a86e25ccda29aeca599fab1d0029ad6018b6b113329bc94bceaaf5327fa5ca85

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a486f0a692ae7e2288b09e73cc83b52381c68c1237e2c22daeab238c1b9de3e5
x86_64
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 786e147bdd02525d65ff93cd6376c0c1ef78ecb2ed662efd170b431952df4fee
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-16.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5308de9770f280cccc62bfc90b1fa672fd09934479f6718be0e116fc3e9a86b2

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

SRPM
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: a486f0a692ae7e2288b09e73cc83b52381c68c1237e2c22daeab238c1b9de3e5
s390x
ipmitool-1.8.11-16.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 62584d7ef7bde95c3c0a81a3b4f65bb3170f4c0e956405813fe01cfa40df00eb
ipmitool-debuginfo-1.8.11-16.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 1b2926346c6fe216429cc6dc6fabe4862af81f0193133304b225d9a2b77284c5