Synopsis

binutils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated binutils package that fixes three bugs is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

Binutils is a collection of binary utilities for the manipulation of object code
in various object file formats.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, got2 offset addends could, under certain circumstances,
  be wrongly incorporated into the trampoline if code at a PLTREL24 relocation
  with got2 offset addends referenced a symbol that was resolved locally instead
  of going through the Procedure Linkage Table (PLT). As a result, the trampoline
  transferred the code to the wrong target. With this update, the addend of the
  relocation is, where necessary, cleared. Now, the computation of the
  trampoline's target address is correct. (BZ#728404)
  
• Prior to this update, the dl debug state RT_CONSISTENT incorrectly occurred
  before applying dynamic relocations. As a consequence, debugging tools could not
  correctly monitor this call. This update adds systemtap-probes at a superset of
  the locations where the state RT_CONSISTENT was called. (BZ#748927)
  
• Prior to this update, the linker did not allow the local-exec Thread-local
  storage (TLS) model with -fPIC when creating an executable. As a consequence,
  the local-exec TLS model did not work with executables compiled with
  position-independent code (PIC) or position-independent executables (PIE) when
  creating an executable. This update modifies the underlying code to only
  disallow the local-exec TLS model when creating a shared library. (BZ#755872)
  

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated binutils 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 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 - 748927 - SystemTap affected by ".stapsdt.base.1"
• BZ - 755872 - -fpie + -pie does not appear to work with __thread variables

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0c8e263f84a94d450b90c3d784763268773bffe0b566e55e03a66ece0447331
x86_64
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 35e3a4f737ab44a44d173fab7dfa27030cfb409f8c168798a9adabecd3e34a99
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 66a3f3279b5af358b5a763dc0d1b10a4ee3320905a686368b4e022526c706df2
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fc19c05b91be109e09475df1ecf34c6577279aeace9af25e45e998c77213b0fa
ia64
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: bda49d8bfbc2579822f51e0beb6e839267a69f6f76d40b3c34febfb43e634786
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 56572c02bae2a5ade5afe8d28f6e7ee045dd49900bc32d2317d53e45e03b1a93
i386
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 6cc3c72a4b0c1fc67fe367a8f47f1084f40d60c74aaa03daf97d9c4f6dbfb461
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 66a3f3279b5af358b5a763dc0d1b10a4ee3320905a686368b4e022526c706df2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0c8e263f84a94d450b90c3d784763268773bffe0b566e55e03a66ece0447331
x86_64
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 35e3a4f737ab44a44d173fab7dfa27030cfb409f8c168798a9adabecd3e34a99
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 66a3f3279b5af358b5a763dc0d1b10a4ee3320905a686368b4e022526c706df2
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fc19c05b91be109e09475df1ecf34c6577279aeace9af25e45e998c77213b0fa
i386
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 6cc3c72a4b0c1fc67fe367a8f47f1084f40d60c74aaa03daf97d9c4f6dbfb461
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 66a3f3279b5af358b5a763dc0d1b10a4ee3320905a686368b4e022526c706df2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0c8e263f84a94d450b90c3d784763268773bffe0b566e55e03a66ece0447331
x86_64
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 35e3a4f737ab44a44d173fab7dfa27030cfb409f8c168798a9adabecd3e34a99
i386
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 6cc3c72a4b0c1fc67fe367a8f47f1084f40d60c74aaa03daf97d9c4f6dbfb461

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0c8e263f84a94d450b90c3d784763268773bffe0b566e55e03a66ece0447331
s390x
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 3b017ce4cd3c600a09485cae903cc6d96b362588d10b63d5eac2e43986702ea0
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 641e2e1f7e7d44b36d4bd2a590bae566a45e76d2da9c5f79808f3e2327b596fb
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 422f1cd90cabc1909b3bc61ca3158cb034958b2c29b7250a7182fca7542dd7b8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0c8e263f84a94d450b90c3d784763268773bffe0b566e55e03a66ece0447331
ppc
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 1b2ac79f76bf5e105ebf5d86a517a9184d2ec1e7e01d256acd2bf062834d7f96
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 1cf5ec6542cb2c549a51b8adffe53a7498418baaf152c128fd0b295ac2b4d3df
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: f77aa21abaa96aa99f71e730198f57455cb3df982b6f799277ce00646a70ccef

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: c0c8e263f84a94d450b90c3d784763268773bffe0b566e55e03a66ece0447331
x86_64
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 35e3a4f737ab44a44d173fab7dfa27030cfb409f8c168798a9adabecd3e34a99
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 66a3f3279b5af358b5a763dc0d1b10a4ee3320905a686368b4e022526c706df2
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fc19c05b91be109e09475df1ecf34c6577279aeace9af25e45e998c77213b0fa
i386
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 6cc3c72a4b0c1fc67fe367a8f47f1084f40d60c74aaa03daf97d9c4f6dbfb461
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 66a3f3279b5af358b5a763dc0d1b10a4ee3320905a686368b4e022526c706df2