RHBA-2010:0599 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated gdb packages that resolve an issue with threads on ia64 are
now available.

Description

The GNU debugger, gdb, allows the debugging of programs written in C, C++,
and other languages by executing them in a controlled fashion and then
printing out their data.

This update resolves the following issue:

• multi-threaded target programs could get terminated by the SIGILL (Illegal

instruction) signal when being debugged using gdb and the breakpoint was deleted
before the second SIGILL was reported to the user. The updated gdb package now
recognizes these cases already when they get signaled by the target program and
the breakpoint is still in place. (BZ#616315)

All gdb users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.

Solution

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

This update is available via the 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 - 616315 - [5.5] The target program of gdb is terminated by SIGILL signal

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)