RHBA-2009:0467 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated kexec-tools package that fixes a bug is now available.

Description

kexec-tools provides /sbin/kexec binary that allows a new kernel to boot
using the kernel's kexec feature either on a normal or panic reboot. This
package also contains the ancillary utilities that together form the
user-space component of the kernel's kexec feature.

This updated kexec-tools package fixes the following bug:

• when kdump required mounting a file system which had reached its maximum

mount count, fsck, the file system repair utility, was run automatically.
However, because fsck was run in interactive mode by default, when it
encountered a file system error the dump process paused until the user
intervened. This prevented successful capture of the dump and subsequent
system reboot. With this update, fsck is run in non-interactive mode, which
allows the dump to complete successfully.

All users of kexec-tools are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which resolves this issue.

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.3 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 497324 - [5.3]The kdump stops when fsck checks or repairs a broken file system.

CVEs

(none)

References

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