Chapter 1. Package Updates
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1.88. iproute
1.88.1. RHBA-2009:0404: bug fix update
Note
This update has already been released (prior to the GA of this release) as FASTRACK
errata
RHBA-2009:0404
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An updated iproute package that fixes a bug is now available.
The iproute package contains networking utilities such as ip and rtmon, which use the advanced
networking capabilities of the Linux 2.4 and 2.6 kernels.
This updated iproute package fixes a bug which resulted in stack corruption when the command "ip
maddr show" was used with an InfiniBand address. This occurred because the length of an InfiniBand
address did not fit into the 16-byte field in which it was stored. With this update, the InfiniBand address
is stored correctly, thus preventing possible stack corruption.
All users of iproute are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.
1.89. iprutils
1.89.1. RHBA-2009:1246: bug fix and enhancement update
An iprutils update that fixes a buffer alignment bug and improves the performance of supported SSDs
is now available.
The iprutils package provides a suite of utilities to manage and configure SCSI devices supported by
the ipr SCSI storage device driver.
This update addresses the following bug and adds the following enhancement:
• a buffer alignment problem prevented iprconfig from updating disk microcode during I/O. In the block
layer, iprconfig incorrectly used malloc() for memory allocation; as a result, buffers in the scatter/
gather list were not 512-byte aligned. With this update, iprconfig uses posix_memalign() to properly
execute memory allocation, which corrects the buffer alignment problem. This update also applies
several other improvements to help ensure that iprconfig can perform disk microcode updates even
during heavy I/O. (
BZ#452312
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• this update also applies a firmware enhancement to support dual-shared Active/Active multiplex on
SAS adapters. This improves the performance of supported solid-state disks (SSD). (
BZ#475362
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Users of iprutils and the ipr driver are advised to apply this update.
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