RHBA-2013:1637 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated fcoe-utils, libhbalinux, libhbaapi, and lldpad packages that fix several
bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6.

Description

The fcoe-utils packages provide Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) utilities,
such as the fcoeadm command-line utility for configuring FCoE interfaces, and
the fcoemon service to configure DCB Ethernet QOS filters.

The libhbalinux packages contain the Host Bus Adapter API (HBAAPI) vendor
library which uses standard kernel interfaces to obtain information about Fiber
Channel Host Buses (FC HBA) in the system.

The libhbaapi library is the Host Bus Adapter (HBA) API library for Fibre
Channel and Storage Area Network (SAN) resources. It contains a unified API that
programmers can use to access, query, observe, and modify SAN and Fibre Channel
services.

The lldpad packages provide a user-space daemon and a configuration utility for
Intel's Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) agent with Enhanced Ethernet
support.

The fcoe-utils packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.0.28, which
provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version,
including support for the virtual N_Port to virtual N_Port (VN2VN) protocol.
Moreover, the fcoeadm utility now supports listing Fibre Channel Forwarder (FCF)
and Link Error Status Block (LESB) statistics, and also support for the
fcoe_sysfs kernel interface has been added. Additionally, documentation updates,
a new website, mailing lists, and various minor bug fixes are included in this
rebase. (BZ#829793, BZ#829797)

The libhbalinux packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.0.16, which
provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. Also,
the documentation has been updated and it now directs the user to the new
mailing lists. (BZ#829810)

The libhbaapi packages have been upgraded to upstream version 2.2.9, which
provides a number of enhancements over the previous version. Also, the
documentation has been updated and it now directs the user to the new mailing
lists. (BZ#829815)

The lldpad packages have been upgraded to upstream version 0.9.46, which
provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version,
including 802.1Qbg edge virtual bridging (EVB) module support. Also, FCoE
initialization protocol (FIP) application type-length-value (TLV) parsing
support, help on usage of the out-of-memory killer, manual page and
documentation enhancements have been included. (BZ#829816, BZ#893684)

This update also fixes the following bug:

• Due to a bug in the kernel, destroying an N_Port ID Virtualization

(NPIV) port while using an ixbge adapter, the fcoe service init script
could become unresponsive on shutdown. An init script patch has been applied to
destroy the associated virtual ports first, and the fcoe service no longer hangs
in the described scenario. (BZ#903099)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

• The readme file has been updated with a note clarifying that the file system

automounting feature is enabled in the default installation of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6. (BZ#981062)

Users of fcoe-utils, libhbalinux, libhbaapi, and lldpad 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• 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 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 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• 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

CVEs

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References

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