Issued:
2013-01-07
Updated:
2013-01-07

RHBA-2013:0044 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

gdb bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated gdb packages that fix three bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The gdb packages provide the GNU Debugger (GDB) to debug programs written in C,
C++, Java, and other languages by executing them in a controlled fashion and
then printing out their data.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, a bit position within a structure overflowed when a

member of this structure was at an offset greater than 256 MB and GDB failed to
access the position. This update modifies the underlying code to ensure that GDB
can access such positions. (BZ#795423)

  • Prior to this update, GDB incorrectly tried to load virtual dynamic shared

objects (vDSO) from the file system when using the "solib-absolute-prefix"
command. As a consequence, vDSOs could abort. This update modifies the
underlying code to handle vDSOs as expected. (BZ#818343)

  • Prior to this update, GDB failed to debug XLF generated code due to incorrect

symbol handling. As a consequence, the type of variable in modules was not
found. This update modifies the underlying code to handle symbols correctly and
the type of a variable is found. (BZ#823789)

All users of gdb are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
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 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
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: bdb87731e908769a6bfe7c688c21f4a2c9b9668ae9b4605dba69243ff0014a1f
x86_64
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 683c38c43a97abf83b36e3ee1b0119147dd3794323314066056f9cc7afaf8f77
gdb-debuginfo-7.0.1-45.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e647f2be96c25b49bdec996e87e8b4e295d5e641afcfcb83bc535e55def59223
ia64
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 50a4f0731386b852a6d53bf1d504494b25bf91ad0e8cf69b730db0c28c6315bc
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: de5587ba0725e4ac26dab3702d56ec42286f0c90fa47ceac5a9610d1e000d1e7
gdb-debuginfo-7.0.1-45.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: b87e5c4a6c075ca8bd370d4daa738454a8f505bc8bd4026ebd2c4eabdaf23943
gdb-debuginfo-7.0.1-45.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 1962c8e9ce43deaec5c1b6a760f6b6738940d81366da6026209f44d2d4c16074
i386
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 50a4f0731386b852a6d53bf1d504494b25bf91ad0e8cf69b730db0c28c6315bc
gdb-debuginfo-7.0.1-45.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: b87e5c4a6c075ca8bd370d4daa738454a8f505bc8bd4026ebd2c4eabdaf23943

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: bdb87731e908769a6bfe7c688c21f4a2c9b9668ae9b4605dba69243ff0014a1f
x86_64
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 683c38c43a97abf83b36e3ee1b0119147dd3794323314066056f9cc7afaf8f77
gdb-debuginfo-7.0.1-45.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e647f2be96c25b49bdec996e87e8b4e295d5e641afcfcb83bc535e55def59223
i386
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 50a4f0731386b852a6d53bf1d504494b25bf91ad0e8cf69b730db0c28c6315bc
gdb-debuginfo-7.0.1-45.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: b87e5c4a6c075ca8bd370d4daa738454a8f505bc8bd4026ebd2c4eabdaf23943

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: bdb87731e908769a6bfe7c688c21f4a2c9b9668ae9b4605dba69243ff0014a1f
x86_64
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 683c38c43a97abf83b36e3ee1b0119147dd3794323314066056f9cc7afaf8f77
gdb-debuginfo-7.0.1-45.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e647f2be96c25b49bdec996e87e8b4e295d5e641afcfcb83bc535e55def59223
i386
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 50a4f0731386b852a6d53bf1d504494b25bf91ad0e8cf69b730db0c28c6315bc
gdb-debuginfo-7.0.1-45.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: b87e5c4a6c075ca8bd370d4daa738454a8f505bc8bd4026ebd2c4eabdaf23943

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: bdb87731e908769a6bfe7c688c21f4a2c9b9668ae9b4605dba69243ff0014a1f
s390x
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c5f4bf16d5bd93c39fd848ca92931edeaebac65ea0768e25827aaba13dd8f5e0
gdb-debuginfo-7.0.1-45.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ac9fced77c38f09dea2e03d31d018b2c5e2d5942ec68e837bb36f337db5fa480

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: bdb87731e908769a6bfe7c688c21f4a2c9b9668ae9b4605dba69243ff0014a1f
ppc
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 18244a1e5349ec3f2c1fa5db94d37dd49803721138f4bcc1648327cb8799a45d
gdb-debuginfo-7.0.1-45.el5.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 540d89596ac118a86545c2189b896a9cb2f16d7f9ca94919436ad695c052e91a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: bdb87731e908769a6bfe7c688c21f4a2c9b9668ae9b4605dba69243ff0014a1f
x86_64
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 683c38c43a97abf83b36e3ee1b0119147dd3794323314066056f9cc7afaf8f77
gdb-debuginfo-7.0.1-45.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e647f2be96c25b49bdec996e87e8b4e295d5e641afcfcb83bc535e55def59223
i386
gdb-7.0.1-45.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 50a4f0731386b852a6d53bf1d504494b25bf91ad0e8cf69b730db0c28c6315bc
gdb-debuginfo-7.0.1-45.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: b87e5c4a6c075ca8bd370d4daa738454a8f505bc8bd4026ebd2c4eabdaf23943

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