Issued:
2012-05-16
Updated:
2012-05-16

RHBA-2012:0672 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

binutils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated binutils packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The binutils packages are a collection of programming tools for the manipulation
of object code in various object file formats.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Due to instability in calculating the program header size, the GNU linker

could terminate unexpectedly with the "looping in map_segments" error message.
With this update, the linker has been modified to properly handle changes in the
size of the segment map, which prevents the instability and the linker no longer
crashes in this scenario. (BZ#818708)

All users of binutils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix this bug.

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

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.src.rpm SHA-256: d69160d4592a4de92d084df311217ba157b8609af6d480e00a55e864f0c0968a
x86_64
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f806b9ef7713c26b26229d427e1b3e432b45f10266070ad5dccabad0d1867372
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: a8261578b3d5bbc757e0d534a5a3daaafae7e8263dae6dca3139a844df585585
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6d93f5e8f187520870c1874458c06c15af17c84fda3b379057be564c0da1229d
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: b9281c6fce1b31ff6f331f5e500c9a59c9b6c8c740a7b486fb26764458037eea
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 863712b0285ebbd028192d3e8ff10bce4155cbc102f01ce3076b7e42a3b66ba5
ia64
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 844b4de096de8934c3be45f3ee2b717dd93309364903fed712ab6c77e36d4a1c
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 10448bac0d8d29f0ac68a4b94a416ce96f422171fe7139227f1d414d1e89627f
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.ia64.rpm SHA-256: a269ce771e614884cc70dcbcd9761139a1f5aa1b6210404406d176e76f06a478
i386
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: fb48fabe9ad6b9053403abcefb2499df5bd0898a79619be0cab7b5769da0ab8e
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: a8261578b3d5bbc757e0d534a5a3daaafae7e8263dae6dca3139a844df585585
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: b9281c6fce1b31ff6f331f5e500c9a59c9b6c8c740a7b486fb26764458037eea

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.src.rpm SHA-256: d69160d4592a4de92d084df311217ba157b8609af6d480e00a55e864f0c0968a
x86_64
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f806b9ef7713c26b26229d427e1b3e432b45f10266070ad5dccabad0d1867372
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: a8261578b3d5bbc757e0d534a5a3daaafae7e8263dae6dca3139a844df585585
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6d93f5e8f187520870c1874458c06c15af17c84fda3b379057be564c0da1229d
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6d93f5e8f187520870c1874458c06c15af17c84fda3b379057be564c0da1229d
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: b9281c6fce1b31ff6f331f5e500c9a59c9b6c8c740a7b486fb26764458037eea
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 863712b0285ebbd028192d3e8ff10bce4155cbc102f01ce3076b7e42a3b66ba5
i386
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: fb48fabe9ad6b9053403abcefb2499df5bd0898a79619be0cab7b5769da0ab8e
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: a8261578b3d5bbc757e0d534a5a3daaafae7e8263dae6dca3139a844df585585
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: a8261578b3d5bbc757e0d534a5a3daaafae7e8263dae6dca3139a844df585585
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: b9281c6fce1b31ff6f331f5e500c9a59c9b6c8c740a7b486fb26764458037eea

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.src.rpm SHA-256: d69160d4592a4de92d084df311217ba157b8609af6d480e00a55e864f0c0968a
x86_64
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f806b9ef7713c26b26229d427e1b3e432b45f10266070ad5dccabad0d1867372
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6d93f5e8f187520870c1874458c06c15af17c84fda3b379057be564c0da1229d
i386
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: fb48fabe9ad6b9053403abcefb2499df5bd0898a79619be0cab7b5769da0ab8e
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: a8261578b3d5bbc757e0d534a5a3daaafae7e8263dae6dca3139a844df585585

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.src.rpm SHA-256: d69160d4592a4de92d084df311217ba157b8609af6d480e00a55e864f0c0968a
s390x
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a949e928cdb9c0cec1eaa9e207f312b01f0a6a9345bfb7e0f281087d3e6063d2
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.s390.rpm SHA-256: bcaf862088cc5eeca3fae21fc879b9f7bc28b138d4eec331f10fd75171840fc1
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ad8261368ec801790447c823e4e8d7fc1f4f4186b7b911bd6292391bc40639f0
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.s390.rpm SHA-256: cfde107179dce874a4914763d858de6b9a561935329046762caec9440575b78f
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c7337cd9f033507ec0031927e70dfeaa143a0120e7d2cc75b7c1694bef58deb4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.src.rpm SHA-256: d69160d4592a4de92d084df311217ba157b8609af6d480e00a55e864f0c0968a
ppc
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.ppc.rpm SHA-256: ce3391b4db25d86297253088e2069fad8aaa1173c0bdf573b66fb32f46ad58d2
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.ppc.rpm SHA-256: fd3fe73ff0d6769965631a8ce1627e1835454938e7f63041896711b3021fd4fb
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: eed5a8e38469c8336261a4a5d89595042626ef0e0625e5e287ea1f9e7ae5da5c
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 93aba44e82cbcb0ee7a648f2bf06dcfb9d3f5e783e4671ac123c85bcc4b880b0
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 9e9a4a6a2340277946deab3210e6226a7917b4978d1a366184d5c871190f97c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.src.rpm SHA-256: d69160d4592a4de92d084df311217ba157b8609af6d480e00a55e864f0c0968a
x86_64
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f806b9ef7713c26b26229d427e1b3e432b45f10266070ad5dccabad0d1867372
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: a8261578b3d5bbc757e0d534a5a3daaafae7e8263dae6dca3139a844df585585
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6d93f5e8f187520870c1874458c06c15af17c84fda3b379057be564c0da1229d
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: b9281c6fce1b31ff6f331f5e500c9a59c9b6c8c740a7b486fb26764458037eea
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 863712b0285ebbd028192d3e8ff10bce4155cbc102f01ce3076b7e42a3b66ba5
i386
binutils-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: fb48fabe9ad6b9053403abcefb2499df5bd0898a79619be0cab7b5769da0ab8e
binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: a8261578b3d5bbc757e0d534a5a3daaafae7e8263dae6dca3139a844df585585
binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-20.el5_8.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: b9281c6fce1b31ff6f331f5e500c9a59c9b6c8c740a7b486fb26764458037eea

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