RHBA-2007:0804 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated binutils packages that fix a bug and add enhancements are now
available.

Description

Binutils is a collection of utilities used for the creation of executable
code.

These updated packages fix the following bug:

• a linker bug with "--emit-relocs" on PowerPC architectures caused a

segmentation fault in executables when using the "-Wl,-q" compiler
options.

This update also adds the following enhancements:

• support for AMD SSE4a and ABM instructions and Intel SSE4 instructions.

All users of binutils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which resolves this issue and adds these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)