RHBA-2014:1210 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated initscripts packages that fix two bugs and add one enhancement are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The initscripts packages contain basic system scripts to boot the system, change
runlevels, activate and deactivate most network interfaces, and shut down the
system cleanly.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the source code did not handle the network interface controller

(NIC) coming up on layer 2 appropriately, which caused a race condition. As a
consequence, the ifup-eth scripts failed to determine if a duplicate IP address
existed. After this update, the user can now set a value of the "-w" option of
the arping command to specify a timeout, and duplicate IP addresses are detected
as expected. (BZ#1055573)

• Prior to this update, the rc.sysinit script did not appropriately verify the

conditions before executing the init_crypto() function. Consequently, a harmless
error message was displayed when booting with an encrypted logical volume. With
this update, rc.sysinit verifies the existence of the block devices listed in
the /etc/crypttab file, and the error message no longer appears. (BZ#836679)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

• The bridge configuration options have been enhanced by adding a possibility

to set bridge priorities and aging in a standardized way. (BZ#662617)

Users of initscripts 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 662617 - Enhance bridge configuration options

CVEs

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References

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