RHEA-2011:1753 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An updateed lsof package that adds one enhancement is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The lsof package provides the LiSt Open Files (LSOF) tool to list information
about files that are open and running on a Linux/UNIX system.

This update adds the following enhancement:

• This enhancement update adds the new option +|-e s to lsof which exempts file

systems with the path name "s" from being subjected to kernel function calls
that might block. Note, that only the first +|-e argument is processed and the
rest is ignored. (BZ#671480)

All users of lsof are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which 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/kb/docs/DOC-11259/

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 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 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 (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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