Issued:
2012-09-17
Updated:
2012-09-17

RHBA-2012:1272 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

kexec-tools bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated kexec-tools packages that fix a bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The kexec fastboot mechanism allows booting a Linux kernel from the context of
an already running kernel. The kexec-tools package provides the /sbin/kexec
binary and ancillary utilities that form the user-space component of the
kernel's kexec feature.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • When one interface was used for a iSCSI boot environment while is other was

used by kdump with the "net" option on, the ifconfig utility caused an error.
Consequently, vmcore was not collected in a dump server that stores vmcore
specified in the kdump.conf file. This bug has been fixed and a memory dump
capture now succeeds by kdump in an iSCSI boot environment. (BZ#822617)

Users of kexec-tools 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/knowledge/articles/11258

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
kexec-tools-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 72af9850a5677225af356054caf9bfaef57553298e2a6872673ba936d88e5a18
x86_64
kexec-tools-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1622abb229aad8e892d3784df82df786aea5c3bbc9b9bff6bf5dffb5ac99b90f
kexec-tools-debuginfo-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4298242b7fef906239b367208d025e20ac825f53c0889ef57ef91948c09c4d6b
ia64
kexec-tools-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: ca5414b075cebc4f24fb2e21755316ba4886a23cb59659ae98e18e35e340be53
kexec-tools-debuginfo-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 0a1aa4e5e0fb4abd0e1b10f06a6e9533450380f9090c1ac39c1b5bfc82785cbe
i386
kexec-tools-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2ac37da8e704d90e4e84ae22cef0eda4c24aa31e3d28744ce27d1a8d05b83abe
kexec-tools-debuginfo-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0b1e4d0498364ee276981c49fc231e3c53152343fb8686ceb8b125d536ecd74f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
kexec-tools-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 72af9850a5677225af356054caf9bfaef57553298e2a6872673ba936d88e5a18
x86_64
kexec-tools-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1622abb229aad8e892d3784df82df786aea5c3bbc9b9bff6bf5dffb5ac99b90f
kexec-tools-debuginfo-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4298242b7fef906239b367208d025e20ac825f53c0889ef57ef91948c09c4d6b
i386
kexec-tools-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2ac37da8e704d90e4e84ae22cef0eda4c24aa31e3d28744ce27d1a8d05b83abe
kexec-tools-debuginfo-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0b1e4d0498364ee276981c49fc231e3c53152343fb8686ceb8b125d536ecd74f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
kexec-tools-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 72af9850a5677225af356054caf9bfaef57553298e2a6872673ba936d88e5a18
x86_64
kexec-tools-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1622abb229aad8e892d3784df82df786aea5c3bbc9b9bff6bf5dffb5ac99b90f
kexec-tools-debuginfo-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4298242b7fef906239b367208d025e20ac825f53c0889ef57ef91948c09c4d6b
i386
kexec-tools-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2ac37da8e704d90e4e84ae22cef0eda4c24aa31e3d28744ce27d1a8d05b83abe
kexec-tools-debuginfo-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0b1e4d0498364ee276981c49fc231e3c53152343fb8686ceb8b125d536ecd74f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
kexec-tools-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 72af9850a5677225af356054caf9bfaef57553298e2a6872673ba936d88e5a18
s390x
kexec-tools-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 71f2db871f4b7a8644bcb149afc674c8cc563700800cdb51962c00d1cd554abb
kexec-tools-debuginfo-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2efac5fa54864c07afea7927bd29927207fd47650386142ea52a329517495099

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
kexec-tools-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 72af9850a5677225af356054caf9bfaef57553298e2a6872673ba936d88e5a18
ppc
kexec-tools-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: f03dcdc4a8bab44a44d817c0260392b097ec1f8edd7e3b79c67c35964d431c6e
kexec-tools-debuginfo-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: f8c80450b01b437d535f024c68a667b0797b4e98c970fd34bda64ddfdd0b5280

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
kexec-tools-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 72af9850a5677225af356054caf9bfaef57553298e2a6872673ba936d88e5a18
x86_64
kexec-tools-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1622abb229aad8e892d3784df82df786aea5c3bbc9b9bff6bf5dffb5ac99b90f
kexec-tools-debuginfo-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4298242b7fef906239b367208d025e20ac825f53c0889ef57ef91948c09c4d6b
i386
kexec-tools-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 2ac37da8e704d90e4e84ae22cef0eda4c24aa31e3d28744ce27d1a8d05b83abe
kexec-tools-debuginfo-1.102pre-154.el5_8.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 0b1e4d0498364ee276981c49fc231e3c53152343fb8686ceb8b125d536ecd74f

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