Synopsis

scsi-target-utils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated scsi-target-utils packages that fix several bugs are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The scsi-target-utils packages contain a daemon and tools to setup Small
Computer System Interface (SCSI) targets. Currently, software Internet SCSI
(iSCSI) and iSCSI Extensions for RDMA (iSER) targets are supported.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the tgtadm utility did not check for the presence of the libaio
  library to enable the asynchronous I/O types of backend storage. Consequently,
  attempts to add a new iSCSI target device with the "tgtadm --bstype aio" command
  failed with an "invalid request" error message. This update adds libaio as a
  runtime dependency. Now, using the "--bstype aio" option with the tgtadm utility
  no longer fails and attempts to add a new logical unit work as expected.
  (BZ#910638)
  
• Prior to this update, when interruptions were occurring in the network, then
  reconnection of the TCP protocol did not work properly. As a consequence, memory
  leaks occurred in the tgtd daemon under these circumstances. This bug has been
  fixed and the TCP reconnection now works correctly in the described scenario.
  (BZ#813636)
  
• Previously, the tgtd daemon did not report its exported targets properly if
  configured to report them to an Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) server.
  Consequently, running the "iscsiadm -m discoverydb -t isns" command failed. This
  bug has been fixed and tgtd now reports its exported targets correctly in the
  described scenario. (BZ#865739)
  
• Previously, it was not possible to supply command-line parameters to the tgtd
  daemon. With this update, it is possible to set the TGTD_OPTIONS variable
  containing the parameters and use it in the /etc/sysconfig/tgtd file.
  (BZ#922270)
  

Users of scsi-target-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which fix these bugs. All running scsi-target-utils services must be restarted
for the update to take effect.

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 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

Fixes

• BZ - 865739 - tgtd: Can't login to target when configured to use iSNS.
• BZ - 922270 - unable to pass "--iscsi portal=..." args to tgtd

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
scsi-target-utils-1.0.24-10.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: c62f4b521ba8614561db424c7760ed3365b77ba16c6ea4d3434638484d48ceb4
x86_64
scsi-target-utils-1.0.24-10.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 145e737c80e030b07445748fba260abf32ae486a76bb02c3c3cb4437ef2afdac
scsi-target-utils-debuginfo-1.0.24-10.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 2ae4b7c7eda16c4764b484519fc99893ee8293ad3bebe95cadd35b211316ae9a
i386
scsi-target-utils-1.0.24-10.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 7f8723f03668f2b3d902531928ac55429b1dcc13db2b2cd994b06d86d7bb41dd
scsi-target-utils-debuginfo-1.0.24-10.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 2b7a0e6f1a51dd858d5b781be0c58ab59150221ebf0e90ad6486b36b19e9aae7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
scsi-target-utils-1.0.24-10.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: c62f4b521ba8614561db424c7760ed3365b77ba16c6ea4d3434638484d48ceb4
x86_64
scsi-target-utils-1.0.24-10.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 145e737c80e030b07445748fba260abf32ae486a76bb02c3c3cb4437ef2afdac
scsi-target-utils-debuginfo-1.0.24-10.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 2ae4b7c7eda16c4764b484519fc99893ee8293ad3bebe95cadd35b211316ae9a
i386
scsi-target-utils-1.0.24-10.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 7f8723f03668f2b3d902531928ac55429b1dcc13db2b2cd994b06d86d7bb41dd
scsi-target-utils-debuginfo-1.0.24-10.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 2b7a0e6f1a51dd858d5b781be0c58ab59150221ebf0e90ad6486b36b19e9aae7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
scsi-target-utils-1.0.24-10.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: c62f4b521ba8614561db424c7760ed3365b77ba16c6ea4d3434638484d48ceb4
ppc64
scsi-target-utils-1.0.24-10.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 90a444c47e43b71c605f68f301863d305c86627818d218f7f4045fb724200109
scsi-target-utils-debuginfo-1.0.24-10.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 19f2e1dfe9eacfab02af3072da78dd02b8d76ff93b6c3425f0f2f280c4e3d34a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
scsi-target-utils-1.0.24-10.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: c62f4b521ba8614561db424c7760ed3365b77ba16c6ea4d3434638484d48ceb4
x86_64
scsi-target-utils-1.0.24-10.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 145e737c80e030b07445748fba260abf32ae486a76bb02c3c3cb4437ef2afdac
scsi-target-utils-debuginfo-1.0.24-10.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 2ae4b7c7eda16c4764b484519fc99893ee8293ad3bebe95cadd35b211316ae9a
i386
scsi-target-utils-1.0.24-10.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 7f8723f03668f2b3d902531928ac55429b1dcc13db2b2cd994b06d86d7bb41dd
scsi-target-utils-debuginfo-1.0.24-10.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 2b7a0e6f1a51dd858d5b781be0c58ab59150221ebf0e90ad6486b36b19e9aae7