Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2018:0939 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Issued:
2018-04-10
Updated:
2018-04-10

RHEA-2018:0939 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Synopsis

linuxptp bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

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Topic

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

Description

The linuxptp packages provide Precision Time Protocol (PTP) implementation for Linux according to IEEE standard 1588 for Linux. The dual design goals are to provide a robust implementation of the standard and to use the most relevant and modern Application Programming Interfaces (API) offered by the Linux kernel.

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 linuxptp 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 Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 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 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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
  • 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 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 for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 1459446 - backport msg: use last_tlv if there is not enough room for another tlv
  • BZ - 1459449 - backport pmc: goto out when get unknown management tlv

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
x86_64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0220863fe46c0f9b8aa97bbe1283bd44e9fcd483afa78831850da469081c16a9
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ec78bdb5e1d903a0fd0242dd47ad036b9a87e57e2a4e58d73e9fcf20d53dcf6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
x86_64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0220863fe46c0f9b8aa97bbe1283bd44e9fcd483afa78831850da469081c16a9
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ec78bdb5e1d903a0fd0242dd47ad036b9a87e57e2a4e58d73e9fcf20d53dcf6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
x86_64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0220863fe46c0f9b8aa97bbe1283bd44e9fcd483afa78831850da469081c16a9
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ec78bdb5e1d903a0fd0242dd47ad036b9a87e57e2a4e58d73e9fcf20d53dcf6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
x86_64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0220863fe46c0f9b8aa97bbe1283bd44e9fcd483afa78831850da469081c16a9
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ec78bdb5e1d903a0fd0242dd47ad036b9a87e57e2a4e58d73e9fcf20d53dcf6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
x86_64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0220863fe46c0f9b8aa97bbe1283bd44e9fcd483afa78831850da469081c16a9
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ec78bdb5e1d903a0fd0242dd47ad036b9a87e57e2a4e58d73e9fcf20d53dcf6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
x86_64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0220863fe46c0f9b8aa97bbe1283bd44e9fcd483afa78831850da469081c16a9
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ec78bdb5e1d903a0fd0242dd47ad036b9a87e57e2a4e58d73e9fcf20d53dcf6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
x86_64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0220863fe46c0f9b8aa97bbe1283bd44e9fcd483afa78831850da469081c16a9
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ec78bdb5e1d903a0fd0242dd47ad036b9a87e57e2a4e58d73e9fcf20d53dcf6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
x86_64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0220863fe46c0f9b8aa97bbe1283bd44e9fcd483afa78831850da469081c16a9
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ec78bdb5e1d903a0fd0242dd47ad036b9a87e57e2a4e58d73e9fcf20d53dcf6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
s390x
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5ca8f613d440d3eb61e930cd75d7b288033258470fd020cbb5e34989dc79f629
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 94478424888db42332bbab94c7867ca3273e57b42336e2e0e94a8b4739f24138

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

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
s390x
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5ca8f613d440d3eb61e930cd75d7b288033258470fd020cbb5e34989dc79f629
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 94478424888db42332bbab94c7867ca3273e57b42336e2e0e94a8b4739f24138

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

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
s390x
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5ca8f613d440d3eb61e930cd75d7b288033258470fd020cbb5e34989dc79f629
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 94478424888db42332bbab94c7867ca3273e57b42336e2e0e94a8b4739f24138

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
ppc64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 130e9ab5b761beecd9853d0c8508f2c6e18ff82bf8320185f959fd7e3184d130
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 66cb84db6574edfd514213c20a2495d9d073cdfd754900b72d3d263f629b7e61

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

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
ppc64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 130e9ab5b761beecd9853d0c8508f2c6e18ff82bf8320185f959fd7e3184d130
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 66cb84db6574edfd514213c20a2495d9d073cdfd754900b72d3d263f629b7e61

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

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
ppc64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 130e9ab5b761beecd9853d0c8508f2c6e18ff82bf8320185f959fd7e3184d130
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 66cb84db6574edfd514213c20a2495d9d073cdfd754900b72d3d263f629b7e61

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
x86_64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0220863fe46c0f9b8aa97bbe1283bd44e9fcd483afa78831850da469081c16a9
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ec78bdb5e1d903a0fd0242dd47ad036b9a87e57e2a4e58d73e9fcf20d53dcf6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
ppc64le
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9baa7685665791249d419bc63c73e939bfe100c16f5f58dc091a409b4072ed6f
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 7ba20af9904dd11cd7085232e897a03a9f48c9e7e51d3aba922caf9729745e7c

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

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
ppc64le
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9baa7685665791249d419bc63c73e939bfe100c16f5f58dc091a409b4072ed6f
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 7ba20af9904dd11cd7085232e897a03a9f48c9e7e51d3aba922caf9729745e7c

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

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
ppc64le
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9baa7685665791249d419bc63c73e939bfe100c16f5f58dc091a409b4072ed6f
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 7ba20af9904dd11cd7085232e897a03a9f48c9e7e51d3aba922caf9729745e7c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
x86_64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0220863fe46c0f9b8aa97bbe1283bd44e9fcd483afa78831850da469081c16a9
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ec78bdb5e1d903a0fd0242dd47ad036b9a87e57e2a4e58d73e9fcf20d53dcf6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
x86_64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0220863fe46c0f9b8aa97bbe1283bd44e9fcd483afa78831850da469081c16a9
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ec78bdb5e1d903a0fd0242dd47ad036b9a87e57e2a4e58d73e9fcf20d53dcf6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
s390x
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5ca8f613d440d3eb61e930cd75d7b288033258470fd020cbb5e34989dc79f629
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 94478424888db42332bbab94c7867ca3273e57b42336e2e0e94a8b4739f24138

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
aarch64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 8c2afc78498d44ef81ba33d6036c5e2be849b26ff41b7d0388c1894331fd8373
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 2912b0b72049adf07fa592428777aa2dd1471e4f3baca36a11f131c420e3e599

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
ppc64le
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9baa7685665791249d419bc63c73e939bfe100c16f5f58dc091a409b4072ed6f
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 7ba20af9904dd11cd7085232e897a03a9f48c9e7e51d3aba922caf9729745e7c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
x86_64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0220863fe46c0f9b8aa97bbe1283bd44e9fcd483afa78831850da469081c16a9
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ec78bdb5e1d903a0fd0242dd47ad036b9a87e57e2a4e58d73e9fcf20d53dcf6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
x86_64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0220863fe46c0f9b8aa97bbe1283bd44e9fcd483afa78831850da469081c16a9
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ec78bdb5e1d903a0fd0242dd47ad036b9a87e57e2a4e58d73e9fcf20d53dcf6

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

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
ppc64le
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9baa7685665791249d419bc63c73e939bfe100c16f5f58dc091a409b4072ed6f
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 7ba20af9904dd11cd7085232e897a03a9f48c9e7e51d3aba922caf9729745e7c

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

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
ppc64le
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9baa7685665791249d419bc63c73e939bfe100c16f5f58dc091a409b4072ed6f
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 7ba20af9904dd11cd7085232e897a03a9f48c9e7e51d3aba922caf9729745e7c

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

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
x86_64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0220863fe46c0f9b8aa97bbe1283bd44e9fcd483afa78831850da469081c16a9
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ec78bdb5e1d903a0fd0242dd47ad036b9a87e57e2a4e58d73e9fcf20d53dcf6

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

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
x86_64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0220863fe46c0f9b8aa97bbe1283bd44e9fcd483afa78831850da469081c16a9
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1ec78bdb5e1d903a0fd0242dd47ad036b9a87e57e2a4e58d73e9fcf20d53dcf6

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

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
s390x
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5ca8f613d440d3eb61e930cd75d7b288033258470fd020cbb5e34989dc79f629
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 94478424888db42332bbab94c7867ca3273e57b42336e2e0e94a8b4739f24138

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
ppc64
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 130e9ab5b761beecd9853d0c8508f2c6e18ff82bf8320185f959fd7e3184d130
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 66cb84db6574edfd514213c20a2495d9d073cdfd754900b72d3d263f629b7e61

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7

SRPM
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 4beffc0b7287f0486be34b1bc2a06872a8e3b458c3ba4c609febe226e8fdf81e
ppc64le
linuxptp-1.8-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9baa7685665791249d419bc63c73e939bfe100c16f5f58dc091a409b4072ed6f
linuxptp-debuginfo-1.8-5.el7.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 7ba20af9904dd11cd7085232e897a03a9f48c9e7e51d3aba922caf9729745e7c

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