RHBA-2009:0465 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated binutils packages that resolve several issues are now available.

Description

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

These updated binutils packages provide fixes for the following bugs:

• the "objdump" and "size" utilities were not recognizing ELF64-i386 object

files. Such files are not normally produced on 32-bit x86 architectures.
However, the kdump utility does produce such files on Physical Address
Extension (PAE)-enabled kernels. With these updated packages, it is now
possible to use the objdump and size utilities on ELF64-i386 object files.
(BZ#457189)

• due to a rare linking error, producing certain executables caused

multi-megabyte zero-filled gaps in the executables. This did not affect the
running of excutables affected by this bug. This linker error has been
corrected in these updated packages so that executables do not contain
spurious zero-filled gaps. (BZ#458301)

• the error message for the "strings -n [non-number]" command were less

clear than in the previous package release, and therefore has been reverted
and clarified. (BZ#480009)

• the c++filt(1) man page contained a typo when giving the syntax for the

recognized '--strip-underscore' option. (BZ#485194)

• the c++filt(1) man page incorrectly mentioned the '-j' and '--java'

options, which are not available when running c++filt. These mentionings
have been removed from the man page. (BZ#495196)

All users of binutils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which resolve these issues.

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/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 457189 - Unable to Open vmcore from Kdump
• BZ - 458301 - rpmbuild produces 2MB section gap
• BZ - 485194 - man page for c++filt contains unsupported option

CVEs

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References

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