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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2012:0871 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2012-06-20
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0871 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

module-init-tools bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated module-init-tools packages that fix two bugs and add one enhancement are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The module-init-tools packages include various programs needed for automatic
loading and unloading of modules under 2.6 kernels, as well as other module
management programs. Device drivers and file systems are two examples of loaded
and unloaded modules.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, on low-memory systems (such as low-memory high-performance

infrastructure, or HPC, nodes or virtual machines), depmod could use excessive
amount of memory. As a consequence, the depmod process was killed by the OOM
(out of memory) mechanism, and the system was unable to boot. With this update,
the free() function is correctly used on several places in the code so that
depmod's memory consumption is reduced. (BZ#670613)

  • Previously, if the "override" keyword was present in the depmod.conf file

without any parameters specified, the depmod utility terminated unexpectedly
with a segmentation fault. A patch has been applied to ensure that the depmod
utility no longer crashes and a syntax warning is displayed instead. (BZ#673100)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

  • This update adds the "backports" directory to the search path in the

depmod.conf file, which is necessary to support integration of the
compat-wireless package into kernel packages. (BZ#761511)

All users of module-init-tools are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which fix these bugs and add this 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

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 22342c1b40cf93f54145251b24a0d18131a0f5e242514b8bab36370d6c9f493b
x86_64
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: db93b2d018446d62e0cd70832f9d55addb8819c4150a8d2e1d39502c05f3e03c
module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.9-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0d92712b257c0d8add4ed7d5bf83e7f9e73a7a72c85ea3c3ddbaef3f219f6ba
i386
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 84cc4fbd97cde54c9bec8c4c890d92f30ec4651db8943cd4cfd4c666f4652f4d
module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.9-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c2bad3e3c82bc84b1881eb53fca55bfd82245f11cea1cfacd9c6a26194783517

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 22342c1b40cf93f54145251b24a0d18131a0f5e242514b8bab36370d6c9f493b
x86_64
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: db93b2d018446d62e0cd70832f9d55addb8819c4150a8d2e1d39502c05f3e03c
module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.9-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0d92712b257c0d8add4ed7d5bf83e7f9e73a7a72c85ea3c3ddbaef3f219f6ba
i386
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 84cc4fbd97cde54c9bec8c4c890d92f30ec4651db8943cd4cfd4c666f4652f4d
module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.9-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c2bad3e3c82bc84b1881eb53fca55bfd82245f11cea1cfacd9c6a26194783517

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 22342c1b40cf93f54145251b24a0d18131a0f5e242514b8bab36370d6c9f493b
x86_64
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: db93b2d018446d62e0cd70832f9d55addb8819c4150a8d2e1d39502c05f3e03c
module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.9-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0d92712b257c0d8add4ed7d5bf83e7f9e73a7a72c85ea3c3ddbaef3f219f6ba
i386
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 84cc4fbd97cde54c9bec8c4c890d92f30ec4651db8943cd4cfd4c666f4652f4d
module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.9-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c2bad3e3c82bc84b1881eb53fca55bfd82245f11cea1cfacd9c6a26194783517

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 22342c1b40cf93f54145251b24a0d18131a0f5e242514b8bab36370d6c9f493b
x86_64
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: db93b2d018446d62e0cd70832f9d55addb8819c4150a8d2e1d39502c05f3e03c
module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.9-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0d92712b257c0d8add4ed7d5bf83e7f9e73a7a72c85ea3c3ddbaef3f219f6ba
i386
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 84cc4fbd97cde54c9bec8c4c890d92f30ec4651db8943cd4cfd4c666f4652f4d
module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.9-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c2bad3e3c82bc84b1881eb53fca55bfd82245f11cea1cfacd9c6a26194783517

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 22342c1b40cf93f54145251b24a0d18131a0f5e242514b8bab36370d6c9f493b
s390x
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8ebdca15724a6352e2574bee022279eb2c8315da6a69a89df4f4fd5853e8f9e9
module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.9-20.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 71b5b57ec75e79605c0628a55f3e3b309219363b3a7b868cefca1bc3b95189a7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 22342c1b40cf93f54145251b24a0d18131a0f5e242514b8bab36370d6c9f493b
ppc64
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 43085d9707dfa73034aa45303a9e18f5e9828a0cc67bcd16a7e0e1a92586fe04
module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.9-20.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 0928c227659df54af8cdb6e6b3d56b951ff0c31915b756e8dfd45ce8a0d68f33

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 22342c1b40cf93f54145251b24a0d18131a0f5e242514b8bab36370d6c9f493b
x86_64
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: db93b2d018446d62e0cd70832f9d55addb8819c4150a8d2e1d39502c05f3e03c
module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.9-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0d92712b257c0d8add4ed7d5bf83e7f9e73a7a72c85ea3c3ddbaef3f219f6ba

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 22342c1b40cf93f54145251b24a0d18131a0f5e242514b8bab36370d6c9f493b
x86_64
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: db93b2d018446d62e0cd70832f9d55addb8819c4150a8d2e1d39502c05f3e03c
module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.9-20.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e0d92712b257c0d8add4ed7d5bf83e7f9e73a7a72c85ea3c3ddbaef3f219f6ba
i386
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 84cc4fbd97cde54c9bec8c4c890d92f30ec4651db8943cd4cfd4c666f4652f4d
module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.9-20.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: c2bad3e3c82bc84b1881eb53fca55bfd82245f11cea1cfacd9c6a26194783517

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 22342c1b40cf93f54145251b24a0d18131a0f5e242514b8bab36370d6c9f493b
s390x
module-init-tools-3.9-20.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8ebdca15724a6352e2574bee022279eb2c8315da6a69a89df4f4fd5853e8f9e9
module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.9-20.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 71b5b57ec75e79605c0628a55f3e3b309219363b3a7b868cefca1bc3b95189a7

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