- Issued:
- 2004-05-11
- Updated:
- 2004-05-11
RHBA-2004:140 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
binutils bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
An updated binutils package fixes several bugs and adds support for
multiple TOCs on the PowerPC (64-bit) platform.
Description
Binutils is a collection of utilities used for the creation of executable code.
This updated package adds support for multi-TOC handling on PowerPC
(64-bit), and fixes two assembler parsing bugs.
Other fixes include:
- Fix a bug in IA-64 segment relative relocation handling
- Fix a problem with padding in .eh_frame section,
- Fix PIE support on PowerPC (32-bit)
- Fix @dtprel handling in debugging sections on PowerPC (64-bit)
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied. To update all RPMs for your
particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filenames]
where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains
the desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system. If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat
Network due to SSL Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the
up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of up2date
is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be downloaded directly
from the RHN website:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 108487 - LTC5201 - TOC overflow fix is missing from binutils
- BZ - 115881 - ld mangles eh_frame (is too relaxed, causing bad fill)
- BZ - 119178 - Slow linker performance
- BZ - 119179 - [PATCH] Linker allows IA64 imm relocations against dynamic symbols
- BZ - 119183 - [PATCH] Some binaries are marked with DT_TEXTREL
- BZ - 119184 - [PATCH] A symbol visibility problem
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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