- Issued:
- 2012-06-20
- Updated:
- 2012-06-20
RHBA-2012:0758 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
kexec-tools bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated kexec-tools package that fixes several bugs and adds various
enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The kexec-tools package provides the /sbin/kexec binary and ancillary utilities
that form the user-space component of the kernel's kexec feature, which allows
booting a Linux kernel from the context of an already-running kernel.
These updated kexec-tools packages include numerous bug fixes and enhancements.
Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are
directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Technical Notes for information on
the most significant of these changes:
Users of kexec-tools are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add these enhancements.
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/knowledge/articles/11258
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
- 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 Power, big endian 6 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 - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 697657 - kdump throws an error if policycoreutils is missing while propagating ssh keys
- BZ - 794981 - kdump init script creates useless directory and empty vmcore file
- BZ - 795804 - [RFE] Add NFSv4 support to kdump
- BZ - 801497 - mkdumrd does not allow remote dumping if remote user has a restricted shell (rksh)
- BZ - 812816 - network dump on s390x got failure
CVEs
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
SRPM | |
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kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 80f6fb4aad0908067397e3756de96950fc08b71e9f4f179c399d09f026287ee7 |
x86_64 | |
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 827c2535d0ca40e7dac574012aea1cddd93423e34bfef885064904c7a5055f56 |
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-245.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b4355f8b1fc0107a6ec46fa28cabe8838d7073ac1056c8146b5b2082d308d7ab |
i386 | |
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 98a27181970f1bccff36950c581b9386a11a38f26faeaeeb6394e9b8938203f9 |
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-245.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 0bfd08e877458d173cdd5f477f3f4d1b7826d5d00fdac8ef5507dfa1da655686 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 80f6fb4aad0908067397e3756de96950fc08b71e9f4f179c399d09f026287ee7 |
x86_64 | |
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 827c2535d0ca40e7dac574012aea1cddd93423e34bfef885064904c7a5055f56 |
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-245.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b4355f8b1fc0107a6ec46fa28cabe8838d7073ac1056c8146b5b2082d308d7ab |
i386 | |
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 98a27181970f1bccff36950c581b9386a11a38f26faeaeeb6394e9b8938203f9 |
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-245.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 0bfd08e877458d173cdd5f477f3f4d1b7826d5d00fdac8ef5507dfa1da655686 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 80f6fb4aad0908067397e3756de96950fc08b71e9f4f179c399d09f026287ee7 |
x86_64 | |
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 827c2535d0ca40e7dac574012aea1cddd93423e34bfef885064904c7a5055f56 |
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-245.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b4355f8b1fc0107a6ec46fa28cabe8838d7073ac1056c8146b5b2082d308d7ab |
i386 | |
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 98a27181970f1bccff36950c581b9386a11a38f26faeaeeb6394e9b8938203f9 |
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-245.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 0bfd08e877458d173cdd5f477f3f4d1b7826d5d00fdac8ef5507dfa1da655686 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 80f6fb4aad0908067397e3756de96950fc08b71e9f4f179c399d09f026287ee7 |
x86_64 | |
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 827c2535d0ca40e7dac574012aea1cddd93423e34bfef885064904c7a5055f56 |
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-245.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b4355f8b1fc0107a6ec46fa28cabe8838d7073ac1056c8146b5b2082d308d7ab |
i386 | |
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 98a27181970f1bccff36950c581b9386a11a38f26faeaeeb6394e9b8938203f9 |
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-245.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 0bfd08e877458d173cdd5f477f3f4d1b7826d5d00fdac8ef5507dfa1da655686 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 80f6fb4aad0908067397e3756de96950fc08b71e9f4f179c399d09f026287ee7 |
s390x | |
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 9d70d6c9b1da3c1c04024b2f74c84781fa7152e4346e9d45b3a114638ab6762c |
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-245.el6.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 6a652dc675e5e1c91954ece563a4350ca1052e3afd24db9dd72de63ccf973895 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 80f6fb4aad0908067397e3756de96950fc08b71e9f4f179c399d09f026287ee7 |
ppc64 | |
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: da20a8c12848ad44d5a8f3bff5c0bdae76aa2c74fd586f1b80d66e72f36cb5b5 |
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-245.el6.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 7ebed899224703d181a9eb4a0522d2880a7914d47c99a8c23c184f8733645d94 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 80f6fb4aad0908067397e3756de96950fc08b71e9f4f179c399d09f026287ee7 |
x86_64 | |
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 827c2535d0ca40e7dac574012aea1cddd93423e34bfef885064904c7a5055f56 |
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-245.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b4355f8b1fc0107a6ec46fa28cabe8838d7073ac1056c8146b5b2082d308d7ab |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 80f6fb4aad0908067397e3756de96950fc08b71e9f4f179c399d09f026287ee7 |
x86_64 | |
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 827c2535d0ca40e7dac574012aea1cddd93423e34bfef885064904c7a5055f56 |
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-245.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b4355f8b1fc0107a6ec46fa28cabe8838d7073ac1056c8146b5b2082d308d7ab |
i386 | |
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 98a27181970f1bccff36950c581b9386a11a38f26faeaeeb6394e9b8938203f9 |
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-245.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 0bfd08e877458d173cdd5f477f3f4d1b7826d5d00fdac8ef5507dfa1da655686 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 80f6fb4aad0908067397e3756de96950fc08b71e9f4f179c399d09f026287ee7 |
s390x | |
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 9d70d6c9b1da3c1c04024b2f74c84781fa7152e4346e9d45b3a114638ab6762c |
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-245.el6.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 6a652dc675e5e1c91954ece563a4350ca1052e3afd24db9dd72de63ccf973895 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 80f6fb4aad0908067397e3756de96950fc08b71e9f4f179c399d09f026287ee7 |
x86_64 | |
kexec-tools-2.0.0-245.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 827c2535d0ca40e7dac574012aea1cddd93423e34bfef885064904c7a5055f56 |
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-245.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b4355f8b1fc0107a6ec46fa28cabe8838d7073ac1056c8146b5b2082d308d7ab |
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