Issued:
2018-04-10
Updated:
2018-04-10

RHEA-2018:0858 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Synopsis

ethtool bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

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Topic

An update for ethtool is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The ethtool packages provide the ethtool utility that enables querying and changing settings such as speed, port, auto-negotiation, PCI locations, and checksum offload on many network devices, especially Ethernet devices.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of ethtool are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

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

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1527677 - Backport FEC configuration for userspace ethtool utility

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
x86_64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e32401719e810473c7317fa50a9baa19ab5fecea37f57735f673362b6681d33b
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89e9e075a50a4e05dc4978862aacccef094f216602a0d8c61dd39ff34c84498d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
x86_64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e32401719e810473c7317fa50a9baa19ab5fecea37f57735f673362b6681d33b
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89e9e075a50a4e05dc4978862aacccef094f216602a0d8c61dd39ff34c84498d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
x86_64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e32401719e810473c7317fa50a9baa19ab5fecea37f57735f673362b6681d33b
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89e9e075a50a4e05dc4978862aacccef094f216602a0d8c61dd39ff34c84498d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
x86_64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e32401719e810473c7317fa50a9baa19ab5fecea37f57735f673362b6681d33b
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89e9e075a50a4e05dc4978862aacccef094f216602a0d8c61dd39ff34c84498d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
x86_64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e32401719e810473c7317fa50a9baa19ab5fecea37f57735f673362b6681d33b
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89e9e075a50a4e05dc4978862aacccef094f216602a0d8c61dd39ff34c84498d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
x86_64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e32401719e810473c7317fa50a9baa19ab5fecea37f57735f673362b6681d33b
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89e9e075a50a4e05dc4978862aacccef094f216602a0d8c61dd39ff34c84498d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
x86_64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e32401719e810473c7317fa50a9baa19ab5fecea37f57735f673362b6681d33b
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89e9e075a50a4e05dc4978862aacccef094f216602a0d8c61dd39ff34c84498d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
s390x
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3fb64de9dd13029d6b6f0fe9cc44082891ba8efe7c0b6dcf9f96cea342c12d38
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bd9bad371399e972dd6d61dbeb2698cb1c3b3d743201f6c58d2b130184524e9f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
s390x
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3fb64de9dd13029d6b6f0fe9cc44082891ba8efe7c0b6dcf9f96cea342c12d38
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bd9bad371399e972dd6d61dbeb2698cb1c3b3d743201f6c58d2b130184524e9f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
s390x
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3fb64de9dd13029d6b6f0fe9cc44082891ba8efe7c0b6dcf9f96cea342c12d38
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bd9bad371399e972dd6d61dbeb2698cb1c3b3d743201f6c58d2b130184524e9f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
ppc64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 181e1a5e7524770df4ea9b03553f61d1a289f46b8252ba18a1e40b8d4cb091e2
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 35a583c20cd75cd22db019d3146e7ec7afc25faa2b255a6ece3d08386cd37a10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
ppc64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 181e1a5e7524770df4ea9b03553f61d1a289f46b8252ba18a1e40b8d4cb091e2
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 35a583c20cd75cd22db019d3146e7ec7afc25faa2b255a6ece3d08386cd37a10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
ppc64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 181e1a5e7524770df4ea9b03553f61d1a289f46b8252ba18a1e40b8d4cb091e2
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 35a583c20cd75cd22db019d3146e7ec7afc25faa2b255a6ece3d08386cd37a10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
x86_64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e32401719e810473c7317fa50a9baa19ab5fecea37f57735f673362b6681d33b
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89e9e075a50a4e05dc4978862aacccef094f216602a0d8c61dd39ff34c84498d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
x86_64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e32401719e810473c7317fa50a9baa19ab5fecea37f57735f673362b6681d33b
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89e9e075a50a4e05dc4978862aacccef094f216602a0d8c61dd39ff34c84498d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
x86_64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e32401719e810473c7317fa50a9baa19ab5fecea37f57735f673362b6681d33b
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89e9e075a50a4e05dc4978862aacccef094f216602a0d8c61dd39ff34c84498d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
ppc64le
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2eb1f1ae81bb251a3c87b8ea2df4b5aa31e035914ba8d151c935f81032d31b2a
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e6d0d88b1ac1c11af7e026dbebc6b95e249315e689eeb5a7937c43d8d2bae75e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
ppc64le
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2eb1f1ae81bb251a3c87b8ea2df4b5aa31e035914ba8d151c935f81032d31b2a
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e6d0d88b1ac1c11af7e026dbebc6b95e249315e689eeb5a7937c43d8d2bae75e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
ppc64le
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2eb1f1ae81bb251a3c87b8ea2df4b5aa31e035914ba8d151c935f81032d31b2a
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e6d0d88b1ac1c11af7e026dbebc6b95e249315e689eeb5a7937c43d8d2bae75e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
x86_64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e32401719e810473c7317fa50a9baa19ab5fecea37f57735f673362b6681d33b
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89e9e075a50a4e05dc4978862aacccef094f216602a0d8c61dd39ff34c84498d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
x86_64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e32401719e810473c7317fa50a9baa19ab5fecea37f57735f673362b6681d33b
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89e9e075a50a4e05dc4978862aacccef094f216602a0d8c61dd39ff34c84498d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
aarch64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: c31d950e89a4366985b8e1e96863f9f4b9d0c94da28c6ec081bd7d5280a68cf3
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 4fcf831e260304545cd827daa4203f66e11819d162cbf9645b85564ed3450bc6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
ppc64le
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2eb1f1ae81bb251a3c87b8ea2df4b5aa31e035914ba8d151c935f81032d31b2a
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e6d0d88b1ac1c11af7e026dbebc6b95e249315e689eeb5a7937c43d8d2bae75e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
ppc64le
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2eb1f1ae81bb251a3c87b8ea2df4b5aa31e035914ba8d151c935f81032d31b2a
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e6d0d88b1ac1c11af7e026dbebc6b95e249315e689eeb5a7937c43d8d2bae75e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
ppc64le
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2eb1f1ae81bb251a3c87b8ea2df4b5aa31e035914ba8d151c935f81032d31b2a
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e6d0d88b1ac1c11af7e026dbebc6b95e249315e689eeb5a7937c43d8d2bae75e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
x86_64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e32401719e810473c7317fa50a9baa19ab5fecea37f57735f673362b6681d33b
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89e9e075a50a4e05dc4978862aacccef094f216602a0d8c61dd39ff34c84498d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
x86_64
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e32401719e810473c7317fa50a9baa19ab5fecea37f57735f673362b6681d33b
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 89e9e075a50a4e05dc4978862aacccef094f216602a0d8c61dd39ff34c84498d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7

SRPM
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 88605805d338eb61b3bb71147554a0066a29a28b996332f785e6d93c02efd614
s390x
ethtool-4.8-7.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 3fb64de9dd13029d6b6f0fe9cc44082891ba8efe7c0b6dcf9f96cea342c12d38
ethtool-debuginfo-4.8-7.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bd9bad371399e972dd6d61dbeb2698cb1c3b3d743201f6c58d2b130184524e9f

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