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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:1387 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2011-10-19
Updated:
2011-10-19

RHBA-2011:1387 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

kexec-tools bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An updated kexec-tools package that fixes two bugs is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The kexec-tools package contains the /sbin/kexec binary and utilities that
together form the user-space component of the kernel's kexec feature. The
/sbin/kexec binary facilitates a new kernel to boot using the kernel's kexec
feature either on a normal or a panic reboot. The kexec fastboot mechanism
allows booting a Linux kernel from the context of an already running kernel.

This update fixes for the following bugs:

  • Previously, the mkdumprd utility failed to parse the /etc/mdadm.cof

configuration file. As a consequence, mkdumprd failed to create an initial
ramdisk for kdump crash recovery and the kdump service failed to start. With
this update, mkdumprd has been modified so that it now parses the configuration
file and builds initrd correctly. The kdump service now starts as expected.
(BZ#719917)

  • On the PowerPC 64 architecture, the kexec utiliity experienced a segmentation

fault when the kdump service was started on a system containing more than 1 TB
of RAM. As a result, it was not possible to capture a crash kernel on such a
system. This has been fixed with this update so that kexec no longer crashes
when kdump starts on a system with greater than 1 TB of physical memory, and
kdump can now works as expected. (BZ#726603)

All users of kexec-tools are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
fixes these bugs.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.1 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.1 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.1 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.1 i386
  • Red Hat Virtual Storage Appliance (from RHUI) 6.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 15ea53d0e2d5cdd087a00b2adeef782c0927721282553ccc0ac058dd87a67992
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0d9bc5af7fe987bb7bfb76afdb3cf88a17728320d962b5299efc6dd61a755b84
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0d9bc5af7fe987bb7bfb76afdb3cf88a17728320d962b5299efc6dd61a755b84
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 06f1b73babac269cf39f9289f96edafac7ebe1410b413dd24961b42863c65628
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 06f1b73babac269cf39f9289f96edafac7ebe1410b413dd24961b42863c65628
i386
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e20c53c340179e0ddebb3c43236953dae02515febba392ec962b9164989c670a
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4e9e3aa50f69bde000317e61177d21a624d0d42f586e858ee936cd2f0a1f7ea

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.1

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 15ea53d0e2d5cdd087a00b2adeef782c0927721282553ccc0ac058dd87a67992
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0d9bc5af7fe987bb7bfb76afdb3cf88a17728320d962b5299efc6dd61a755b84
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 06f1b73babac269cf39f9289f96edafac7ebe1410b413dd24961b42863c65628
i386
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e20c53c340179e0ddebb3c43236953dae02515febba392ec962b9164989c670a
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4e9e3aa50f69bde000317e61177d21a624d0d42f586e858ee936cd2f0a1f7ea

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 15ea53d0e2d5cdd087a00b2adeef782c0927721282553ccc0ac058dd87a67992
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0d9bc5af7fe987bb7bfb76afdb3cf88a17728320d962b5299efc6dd61a755b84
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 06f1b73babac269cf39f9289f96edafac7ebe1410b413dd24961b42863c65628
i386
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e20c53c340179e0ddebb3c43236953dae02515febba392ec962b9164989c670a
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4e9e3aa50f69bde000317e61177d21a624d0d42f586e858ee936cd2f0a1f7ea

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 15ea53d0e2d5cdd087a00b2adeef782c0927721282553ccc0ac058dd87a67992
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0d9bc5af7fe987bb7bfb76afdb3cf88a17728320d962b5299efc6dd61a755b84
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 06f1b73babac269cf39f9289f96edafac7ebe1410b413dd24961b42863c65628
i386
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e20c53c340179e0ddebb3c43236953dae02515febba392ec962b9164989c670a
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4e9e3aa50f69bde000317e61177d21a624d0d42f586e858ee936cd2f0a1f7ea

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 15ea53d0e2d5cdd087a00b2adeef782c0927721282553ccc0ac058dd87a67992
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0d9bc5af7fe987bb7bfb76afdb3cf88a17728320d962b5299efc6dd61a755b84
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 06f1b73babac269cf39f9289f96edafac7ebe1410b413dd24961b42863c65628
i386
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e20c53c340179e0ddebb3c43236953dae02515febba392ec962b9164989c670a
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4e9e3aa50f69bde000317e61177d21a624d0d42f586e858ee936cd2f0a1f7ea

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 15ea53d0e2d5cdd087a00b2adeef782c0927721282553ccc0ac058dd87a67992
s390x
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 014f0ceea457e422214c5f080df1708d52ae8e37fccb6031838fe73ae062f6be
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 984d13cc843d572686a5dd579057df563eb431fc48a86b0aca616b24bea9d88e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.1

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 15ea53d0e2d5cdd087a00b2adeef782c0927721282553ccc0ac058dd87a67992
s390x
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 014f0ceea457e422214c5f080df1708d52ae8e37fccb6031838fe73ae062f6be
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 984d13cc843d572686a5dd579057df563eb431fc48a86b0aca616b24bea9d88e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 15ea53d0e2d5cdd087a00b2adeef782c0927721282553ccc0ac058dd87a67992
ppc64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 25c93e10957e91790bfbfe1948e360bd898f003e0cbe4ba720ab78d7f07964ad
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: c4363e108044aab76f871fbd0cbe5c0662f125130154f2262264fa635eac722b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.1

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 15ea53d0e2d5cdd087a00b2adeef782c0927721282553ccc0ac058dd87a67992
ppc64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 25c93e10957e91790bfbfe1948e360bd898f003e0cbe4ba720ab78d7f07964ad
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: c4363e108044aab76f871fbd0cbe5c0662f125130154f2262264fa635eac722b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 15ea53d0e2d5cdd087a00b2adeef782c0927721282553ccc0ac058dd87a67992
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0d9bc5af7fe987bb7bfb76afdb3cf88a17728320d962b5299efc6dd61a755b84
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 06f1b73babac269cf39f9289f96edafac7ebe1410b413dd24961b42863c65628

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 15ea53d0e2d5cdd087a00b2adeef782c0927721282553ccc0ac058dd87a67992
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0d9bc5af7fe987bb7bfb76afdb3cf88a17728320d962b5299efc6dd61a755b84
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 06f1b73babac269cf39f9289f96edafac7ebe1410b413dd24961b42863c65628
i386
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e20c53c340179e0ddebb3c43236953dae02515febba392ec962b9164989c670a
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4e9e3aa50f69bde000317e61177d21a624d0d42f586e858ee936cd2f0a1f7ea

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 15ea53d0e2d5cdd087a00b2adeef782c0927721282553ccc0ac058dd87a67992
s390x
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 014f0ceea457e422214c5f080df1708d52ae8e37fccb6031838fe73ae062f6be
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 984d13cc843d572686a5dd579057df563eb431fc48a86b0aca616b24bea9d88e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.1

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 15ea53d0e2d5cdd087a00b2adeef782c0927721282553ccc0ac058dd87a67992
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0d9bc5af7fe987bb7bfb76afdb3cf88a17728320d962b5299efc6dd61a755b84
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 06f1b73babac269cf39f9289f96edafac7ebe1410b413dd24961b42863c65628
i386
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e20c53c340179e0ddebb3c43236953dae02515febba392ec962b9164989c670a
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4e9e3aa50f69bde000317e61177d21a624d0d42f586e858ee936cd2f0a1f7ea

Red Hat Virtual Storage Appliance (from RHUI) 6.1

SRPM
x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 15ea53d0e2d5cdd087a00b2adeef782c0927721282553ccc0ac058dd87a67992
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0d9bc5af7fe987bb7bfb76afdb3cf88a17728320d962b5299efc6dd61a755b84
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 06f1b73babac269cf39f9289f96edafac7ebe1410b413dd24961b42863c65628
i386
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: e20c53c340179e0ddebb3c43236953dae02515febba392ec962b9164989c670a
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4e9e3aa50f69bde000317e61177d21a624d0d42f586e858ee936cd2f0a1f7ea

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 15ea53d0e2d5cdd087a00b2adeef782c0927721282553ccc0ac058dd87a67992
s390x
kexec-tools-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 014f0ceea457e422214c5f080df1708d52ae8e37fccb6031838fe73ae062f6be
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-188.el6_1.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 984d13cc843d572686a5dd579057df563eb431fc48a86b0aca616b24bea9d88e

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