Issued:
2014-01-02
Updated:
2014-01-16

RHBA-2014:0003 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

ethtool bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated ethtool packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Ethtool is a utility that allows querying and changing settings such as speed,
port, autonegotiation, PCI locations and checksum offload on many
network devices, especially of ethernet devices.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, the ethtool utility did not correctly communicate with the network

device driver when attempting to set LRO (Large Receive Offload) options.
Consequently, it was not possible to set the LRO options on devices supporting
LRO. With this update, ethtool has been fixed to communicate correctly with the
device driver, and the LRO options can now be set on network devices.
(BZ#1038955).

  • Due to a change to the ixgbe driver, the "ethtool -d" command in non-raw mode

stopped providing output. As a consequence, "ethtool -d" could not be used to
examine the state of ixgbe devices. To fix this bug, ethool has been changed to
work with the new ixgbe device driver, and the "ethtool -d" command on ixgbe
devices in non-raw mode can now be used again. (BZ#1038956)

Users of ethtool are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs.

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.5 x86_64
  • 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.5 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 Update Support from RHUI 6.5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.src.rpm SHA-256: ec26127daca4e728fdd6efe5a20e440c54ecd154cdae85f3051961872f0c3a60
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76a457818a2d1b1c45dd3ea89526a0f063b86fa90d55ba431623a622b5a30884
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f5a80f0a799d6e155f940fcb653c8053fcd858f0742c80a9924806dc9a0e07d9
i386
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3806cd5d354fea8831a241378478620c1f5175a4d1edf2df424a1f2316d63a7
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.i686.rpm SHA-256: f8783e50b58ecdf8bf9d210813c5bc1be6b9e0e93d7bfac090f82790849bca5e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.5

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.src.rpm SHA-256: ec26127daca4e728fdd6efe5a20e440c54ecd154cdae85f3051961872f0c3a60
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76a457818a2d1b1c45dd3ea89526a0f063b86fa90d55ba431623a622b5a30884
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f5a80f0a799d6e155f940fcb653c8053fcd858f0742c80a9924806dc9a0e07d9
i386
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3806cd5d354fea8831a241378478620c1f5175a4d1edf2df424a1f2316d63a7
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.i686.rpm SHA-256: f8783e50b58ecdf8bf9d210813c5bc1be6b9e0e93d7bfac090f82790849bca5e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.src.rpm SHA-256: ec26127daca4e728fdd6efe5a20e440c54ecd154cdae85f3051961872f0c3a60
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76a457818a2d1b1c45dd3ea89526a0f063b86fa90d55ba431623a622b5a30884
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f5a80f0a799d6e155f940fcb653c8053fcd858f0742c80a9924806dc9a0e07d9
i386
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3806cd5d354fea8831a241378478620c1f5175a4d1edf2df424a1f2316d63a7
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.i686.rpm SHA-256: f8783e50b58ecdf8bf9d210813c5bc1be6b9e0e93d7bfac090f82790849bca5e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.src.rpm SHA-256: ec26127daca4e728fdd6efe5a20e440c54ecd154cdae85f3051961872f0c3a60
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76a457818a2d1b1c45dd3ea89526a0f063b86fa90d55ba431623a622b5a30884
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f5a80f0a799d6e155f940fcb653c8053fcd858f0742c80a9924806dc9a0e07d9
i386
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3806cd5d354fea8831a241378478620c1f5175a4d1edf2df424a1f2316d63a7
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.i686.rpm SHA-256: f8783e50b58ecdf8bf9d210813c5bc1be6b9e0e93d7bfac090f82790849bca5e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.src.rpm SHA-256: ec26127daca4e728fdd6efe5a20e440c54ecd154cdae85f3051961872f0c3a60
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76a457818a2d1b1c45dd3ea89526a0f063b86fa90d55ba431623a622b5a30884
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f5a80f0a799d6e155f940fcb653c8053fcd858f0742c80a9924806dc9a0e07d9
i386
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3806cd5d354fea8831a241378478620c1f5175a4d1edf2df424a1f2316d63a7
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.i686.rpm SHA-256: f8783e50b58ecdf8bf9d210813c5bc1be6b9e0e93d7bfac090f82790849bca5e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.src.rpm SHA-256: ec26127daca4e728fdd6efe5a20e440c54ecd154cdae85f3051961872f0c3a60
s390x
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3d8903d13e317a5304609b3253ea48c546faa0021c561b874fc7feb25c76a7ea
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6822dfd6d5f97958d05b4129ecd4e74fe8301b7a6fadb0330d9a6f97feee34d5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.5

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.src.rpm SHA-256: ec26127daca4e728fdd6efe5a20e440c54ecd154cdae85f3051961872f0c3a60
s390x
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3d8903d13e317a5304609b3253ea48c546faa0021c561b874fc7feb25c76a7ea
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6822dfd6d5f97958d05b4129ecd4e74fe8301b7a6fadb0330d9a6f97feee34d5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.src.rpm SHA-256: ec26127daca4e728fdd6efe5a20e440c54ecd154cdae85f3051961872f0c3a60
ppc64
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 9337f1ec861c89c668080d4808d2591ea9a54eb044559e30f4d5f182019c6acb
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: a672eb98ef8786944d5097c6bcf53111cb57c55c7114936bde925bc82dc90214

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.5

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.src.rpm SHA-256: ec26127daca4e728fdd6efe5a20e440c54ecd154cdae85f3051961872f0c3a60
ppc64
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 9337f1ec861c89c668080d4808d2591ea9a54eb044559e30f4d5f182019c6acb
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: a672eb98ef8786944d5097c6bcf53111cb57c55c7114936bde925bc82dc90214

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.src.rpm SHA-256: ec26127daca4e728fdd6efe5a20e440c54ecd154cdae85f3051961872f0c3a60
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76a457818a2d1b1c45dd3ea89526a0f063b86fa90d55ba431623a622b5a30884
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f5a80f0a799d6e155f940fcb653c8053fcd858f0742c80a9924806dc9a0e07d9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.src.rpm SHA-256: ec26127daca4e728fdd6efe5a20e440c54ecd154cdae85f3051961872f0c3a60
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76a457818a2d1b1c45dd3ea89526a0f063b86fa90d55ba431623a622b5a30884
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f5a80f0a799d6e155f940fcb653c8053fcd858f0742c80a9924806dc9a0e07d9
i386
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3806cd5d354fea8831a241378478620c1f5175a4d1edf2df424a1f2316d63a7
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.i686.rpm SHA-256: f8783e50b58ecdf8bf9d210813c5bc1be6b9e0e93d7bfac090f82790849bca5e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.5

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.src.rpm SHA-256: ec26127daca4e728fdd6efe5a20e440c54ecd154cdae85f3051961872f0c3a60
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76a457818a2d1b1c45dd3ea89526a0f063b86fa90d55ba431623a622b5a30884
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f5a80f0a799d6e155f940fcb653c8053fcd858f0742c80a9924806dc9a0e07d9
i386
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.i686.rpm SHA-256: e3806cd5d354fea8831a241378478620c1f5175a4d1edf2df424a1f2316d63a7
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.i686.rpm SHA-256: f8783e50b58ecdf8bf9d210813c5bc1be6b9e0e93d7bfac090f82790849bca5e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.5

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.src.rpm SHA-256: ec26127daca4e728fdd6efe5a20e440c54ecd154cdae85f3051961872f0c3a60
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76a457818a2d1b1c45dd3ea89526a0f063b86fa90d55ba431623a622b5a30884
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f5a80f0a799d6e155f940fcb653c8053fcd858f0742c80a9924806dc9a0e07d9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.5

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.src.rpm SHA-256: ec26127daca4e728fdd6efe5a20e440c54ecd154cdae85f3051961872f0c3a60
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76a457818a2d1b1c45dd3ea89526a0f063b86fa90d55ba431623a622b5a30884
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f5a80f0a799d6e155f940fcb653c8053fcd858f0742c80a9924806dc9a0e07d9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.5

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.src.rpm SHA-256: ec26127daca4e728fdd6efe5a20e440c54ecd154cdae85f3051961872f0c3a60
x86_64
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76a457818a2d1b1c45dd3ea89526a0f063b86fa90d55ba431623a622b5a30884
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f5a80f0a799d6e155f940fcb653c8053fcd858f0742c80a9924806dc9a0e07d9

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

SRPM
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.src.rpm SHA-256: ec26127daca4e728fdd6efe5a20e440c54ecd154cdae85f3051961872f0c3a60
s390x
ethtool-3.5-1.2.el6_5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3d8903d13e317a5304609b3253ea48c546faa0021c561b874fc7feb25c76a7ea
ethtool-debuginfo-3.5-1.2.el6_5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 6822dfd6d5f97958d05b4129ecd4e74fe8301b7a6fadb0330d9a6f97feee34d5

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