Package: python-ethtool Version: 0.12-1
Severity: grave When I try to get the MAC address of an interface using the get_hwaddr() on Debian Stretch, I get a segmentation fault. This problem is not present on Debian Jessie. I experienced this issue hen trying to register a Debian Stretch machine to a SpaceWalk using rhnreg_ks command from the package rhn-client-tools. ~ # python Python 2.7.13 (default, Jan 19 2017, 14:48:08) [GCC 6.3.0 20170118] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import ethtool >>> ethtool.get_hwaddr('lo') Segmentation fault [...] >>> ethtool.get_hwaddr(‘eth0’) Segmentation fault Because of this issue, RHN tools cannot be used without the option "skipNetwork", which is not set by default by the package rhn-client-tools. I am using Debian GNU/Linux 9.0, kernel 4.9.6-3 and libc6 2.24-9.