RHBA-2012:0808 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated crash-trace-command package that fixes one bug is now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The crash-trace-command package provides a trace extension module for the crash
utility, allowing it to read ftrace data from a core dump file.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the "trace.so" binary in the crash-trace-command package was

compiled by the GCC compiler without the "-g" option. Therefore, no debugging
information was included in its associated "trace.so.debug" file. This could
affect a crash analysis performed by the Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) and
its retrace server. Also, proper debugging of crashes using the GDB utility was
not possible under these circumstances. This update modifies the Makefile of
crash-trace-command to compile the "trace.so" binary with the "RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
flag, which ensures that the GCC's "-g" option is used during the compilation.
Debugging and a crash analysis can now be performed as expected. (BZ#729018)

All users of crash-trace-command are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which fixes 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/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 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 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• 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

• BZ - 729018 - Failed to find the .debug_info section in a debuginfo file

CVEs

(none)

References

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