RHBA-2012:0769 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated gnome-system-monitor package that fixes two bugs is now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The gnome-system-monitor utility allows users to graphically view and manipulate
the running processes on the system, and provides an overview of available
resources such as CPU and memory.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the gnome-system-monitor failed to correctly parse the

contents of the /proc/cpuinfo file if it included an informational entry about
the machine model on 64-bit PowerPC architectures. As a consequence, a false
"Unknown CPU model" processor was incorrectly reported by the application. This
update changes the parsing code to discard such information when it does not
identify an additional processor. (BZ#682011)

• Prior to this update, the gnome-system-monitor parser code expected a certain

string to identify the CPU speed which is not used for all architectures. As a
consequence, the gnome-system-monitor could fail to correctly parse the
processor speed from /proc/cpuinfo when a different string was used, for example
on 64-bit PowerPC. This update changes the parsing code to support different
string types used on such architectures. (BZ#692956)

All users of gnome-system-monitor 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/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 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

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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