1421971 – dmidecode has 2 SMBIOS 3.0 entries

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Bug 1421971 - dmidecode has 2 SMBIOS 3.0 entries

Summary: dmidecode has 2 SMBIOS 3.0 entries

Keywords:
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA
Alias:	None
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	dmidecode
Sub Component:
Version:	7.3
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Priority:	high
Severity:	medium
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assignee:	Petr Oros
QA Contact:	Mike Gahagan
Docs Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:	1369100 1446211
TreeView+	depends on / blocked

Reported:	2017-02-14 08:58 UTC by wangsy30
Modified:	2021-03-11 14:57 UTC (History)
CC List:	8 users (show)
Fixed In Version:	dmidecode-3.0-4.el7
Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed:	2017-08-01 17:53:36 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Attachments	(Terms of Use)
dmidecode -17 (4.44 KB, text/plain) 2017-02-14 08:58 UTC, wangsy30	no flags	Details
0001 patch (2.26 KB, application/mbox) 2017-02-15 02:17 UTC, wangsy30	no flags	Details
002 patch (2.64 KB, application/mbox) 2017-02-15 02:18 UTC, wangsy30	no flags	Details
dmidecode.spec (8.33 KB, text/x-rpm-spec) 2017-02-15 02:21 UTC, wangsy30	no flags	Details
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Links
System	ID	Private	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Knowledge Base (Solution)	3108991	0	None	None	None	2017-07-10 08:40:32 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2017:1858	0	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	dmidecode bug fix and enhancement update	2017-08-01 18:04:08 UTC

Description wangsy30 2017-02-14 08:58:14 UTC

Created attachment 1250149 [details]
dmidecode -17

Description of problem:
dmidecode has 2 SMBIOS 3.0 entries

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
dmidecode-3.0-2.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
dmidecode

Steps to Reproduce:
Take type 17 as an example.
1. 4 dimms on board 
2. dmidecode -t 17

Actual results:
Display 4 dimms in SMBIOS 3.0 and 4 dimms in SMBIOS 3.0.0


Expected results:
Display 4 dimms in SMBIOS 3.0

Comment 1 wangsy30 2017-02-14 08:59:17 UTC

Upstream has fixed this issue:

commit 12fbde92a26da61eda9f2ff0ba3c316779163f10
Author: Jean Delvare <jdelvare>
Date:   Fri Jan 20 10:57:12 2017 +0100

    Only decode one DMI table

    Since version 3.0.0 of the SMBIOS specification, there can be
    multiple entry points in memory, pointing to one or two DMI tables.
    If both a 32-bit ("_SM_") entry point and a 64-bit ("_SM3_") entry
    point are present, the specification requires that the latter points
    to a table which is a super-set of the table pointed to by the
    former. Therefore it makes no sense to decode both.

    Per specification, look for a 64-bit ("_SM3_") entry point first, and
    if we can't find any, look for a 32-bit ("_SM_" or "_DMI_") entry
    point.

    This fixes bug #50022:
    https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?50022

Comment 3 wangsy30 2017-02-15 02:17:44 UTC

Created attachment 1250465 [details]
0001 patch

Comment 4 wangsy30 2017-02-15 02:18:29 UTC

Created attachment 1250466 [details]
002 patch

Comment 5 wangsy30 2017-02-15 02:21:21 UTC

Created attachment 1250467 [details]
dmidecode.spec

I uploaded 2 patches and dmidecode.spec. Test is passed on board which has SMBIOS 3.0.

Comment 6 wangsy30 2017-02-15 08:10:20 UTC

Petr Oros,
According CHANGELOG, it seems there is no update after 2015-11-02 , 
I advise add all upstream patches besides the 2 patches I attached.

Comment 7 Petr Oros 2017-02-15 09:42:49 UTC

Hi,
I agree with you. Will do.

Thanks,
-Petr

Comment 10 Mike Gahagan 2017-05-03 19:46:06 UTC

The SMBIOS 3 based system I have access to doesn't seem to reproduce the bug however I can confirm the fix is in dmidecode-3.0-4.el7.

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-01 17:53:36 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.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:1858

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