RHBA-2015:1351 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated ipmitool packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The ipmitool packages contain 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:

• Prior to this update, ipmitool could handle only 16-byte-long Sensor Data

Repository (SDR) item names. Consequently, listing a sensor with a long name
could cause ipmitool to terminate unexpectedly. This update fixes the string
identification handling, and the long sensor names are now trimmed correctly.
(BZ#878614)

• Previously, ipmitool could not recognize neither sensor thresholds and

presence, nor fan units of sensors on Sun Fire X4600 M2 Servers. This update
resolves the unrecognized sensor reporting. (BZ#903019)

• Previously, the ipmitool default timeout values set an insufficient time

period. As a consequence, during retries, ipmitool could terminate unexpectedly
with a segmentation fault, or produce a nonsensical error message. With this
update, the ipmitool options passed from the environment variable are parsed
correctly from the IPMITOOL_OPTS and IPMI_OPTS variables, and IPMITOOL_*
variables take precedence over IPMI_* variables. As a result, ipmitool no longer
crashes in the described situation. (BZ#1028163)

• Previously, ipmitool could not recognize the Sensor Data Repository (SDR) type

Software ID. As a consequence, the default 5-second timeout for each affected
line reported resulted in a very slow response. This update fixes the
Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB) request setup, and slow SDR access
times are no longer experienced in the described situation. (BZ#1126333)

• Previously, the ipmitool utility required an unnecessary dependency on the

OpenIPMI packages, which had to be installed together with ipmitool. This update
removes the dependency on the OpenIPMI packages, which are no longer installed
when installing ipmitool. (BZ#1162175)

• An earlier version of ipmitool contained a version mismatch between the

ipmitool packages and the runtime-reported version. Consequently, running the
"ipmitool -V" command displayed the 1.8.14 version number instead of the correct
1.8.11 version number. With this update, the runtime version change has been
reverted to match the package version. (BZ#1170266)

• Previously, ipmitool could not recognize DDR4 memory modules and could

terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault on such systems. This update
adds support for DDR4 reporting. As a result, ipmitool no longer crashes on DDR4
systems when running the Field Replacement Unit (FRU) inventory listing.
(BZ#1194420)

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.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/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 - 1028163 - ipmitool default timeout values are too short
• BZ - 1126333 - Very slow response from "ipmitool sdr"

CVEs

(none)

References

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