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Bug 852005

Summary:	ifup-alias doesn't check an IP address for existence
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Jiri Skala <jskala>
Component:	initscripts	Assignee:	Lukáš Nykrýn <lnykryn>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	qe-baseos-daemons
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.2	CC:	aglotov, azelinka, jscotka, mleitner, ovasik, vpavlin
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Patch
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:	initscripts-9.03.32-1.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: No check if address is already used is performed for alias interfaces. Consequence: Already used IP address might be assigned to alias interface. Fix: Check whether the IP is already used or not. Result: Error message is outputted and address is not assigned.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:		Environment:
Last Closed:	2013-02-21 10:26:04 UTC	Type:	Bug
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
Documentation:	---	CRM:
Verified Versions:		Category:	---
oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team:	---	Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Comment 1 Lukáš Nykrýn 2012-08-28 13:00:57 UTC

I would only replace exit with return, otherwise patch looks sane.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2013-02-21 10:26:04 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0518.html