RHBA-2018:1956 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated Satellite 6.3 packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Satellite.

Description

Red Hat Satellite is a system management solution that allows organizations to configure and maintain their systems without the necessity to provide public Internet access to their servers or other client systems. It performs provisioning and configuration management of predefined standard operating environments.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Pulp workers became deadlocked when the PULP_MAX_TASKS_PER_CHILD setting was enabled. These workers now reconnect correctly. (BZ#1590906)

Users of Red Hat Satellite are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For detailed instructions how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_satellite/6.3/html/upgrading_and_updating_red_hat_satellite/updating_satellite_server_capsule_server_and_content_hosts

Affected Products

• Red Hat Satellite 6.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.3 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1590906 - [deadlock] pulp workers appear idle even though many pulp tasks are in 'waiting' status

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)