Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2013:0281 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2013-02-20
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0281 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

kexec-tools bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated kexec-tools packages that fix multiple bugs and add various enhancements
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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.

These updated kexec-tools packages include numerous bug fixes and enhancements.
Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are
directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Technical Notes for information on
the most significant of these changes:

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.4_Technical_Notes/kexec-tools.html

All users of kexec-tools are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix these bugs and add these 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 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 - 770000 - KVM kdump out of puff!
  • BZ - 813354 - kdump.conf does not accept 'auto' as a filesystem type
  • BZ - 857282 - improve the warning message for dump target remain size checking
  • BZ - 892703 - Bridge member is pointing to wrong bridge with biosdevname devices

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 313a7ad9cc68ae9f5937d8ce28d01c5553ec30ae68ce29611f86c809a42279ce
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 43f859d2d0088d63c62eef551213d8dc61b66dde2fca37139473e4ff6d78419c
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 43f859d2d0088d63c62eef551213d8dc61b66dde2fca37139473e4ff6d78419c
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 910cb873106d6d51679d35298b81ff2baaa24f72bce35f92b57e3d90c177f5b1
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 910cb873106d6d51679d35298b81ff2baaa24f72bce35f92b57e3d90c177f5b1
i386
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b1a38d4d68991711a651797ecf8acea4bc78be3f00c00d140406c63a0d8994cf
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7b6decd3c20f7800410a34e5251a3f1083d5cbe68b9ef7b50d313a85c4909c31

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 313a7ad9cc68ae9f5937d8ce28d01c5553ec30ae68ce29611f86c809a42279ce
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 43f859d2d0088d63c62eef551213d8dc61b66dde2fca37139473e4ff6d78419c
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 910cb873106d6d51679d35298b81ff2baaa24f72bce35f92b57e3d90c177f5b1
i386
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b1a38d4d68991711a651797ecf8acea4bc78be3f00c00d140406c63a0d8994cf
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7b6decd3c20f7800410a34e5251a3f1083d5cbe68b9ef7b50d313a85c4909c31

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 313a7ad9cc68ae9f5937d8ce28d01c5553ec30ae68ce29611f86c809a42279ce
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 43f859d2d0088d63c62eef551213d8dc61b66dde2fca37139473e4ff6d78419c
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 910cb873106d6d51679d35298b81ff2baaa24f72bce35f92b57e3d90c177f5b1
i386
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b1a38d4d68991711a651797ecf8acea4bc78be3f00c00d140406c63a0d8994cf
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7b6decd3c20f7800410a34e5251a3f1083d5cbe68b9ef7b50d313a85c4909c31

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 313a7ad9cc68ae9f5937d8ce28d01c5553ec30ae68ce29611f86c809a42279ce
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 43f859d2d0088d63c62eef551213d8dc61b66dde2fca37139473e4ff6d78419c
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 910cb873106d6d51679d35298b81ff2baaa24f72bce35f92b57e3d90c177f5b1
i386
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b1a38d4d68991711a651797ecf8acea4bc78be3f00c00d140406c63a0d8994cf
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7b6decd3c20f7800410a34e5251a3f1083d5cbe68b9ef7b50d313a85c4909c31

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 313a7ad9cc68ae9f5937d8ce28d01c5553ec30ae68ce29611f86c809a42279ce
s390x
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ce6cda519121fca133b5082e61b40017e90f4fad11563cf3f67c539967ca8947
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 24973dbb7abc748cf6388ac59dc766da459a1f3368df37ac73d0b7a0c7b20b34

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 313a7ad9cc68ae9f5937d8ce28d01c5553ec30ae68ce29611f86c809a42279ce
ppc64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 528422cc203eafd72bcebb6df8f052ac5b9c794d2510d64eea7d9dd98f8462a9
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 28de9ca4ba81a776c5a801753b85b74d073b48127516e064a32173346174cfa8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 313a7ad9cc68ae9f5937d8ce28d01c5553ec30ae68ce29611f86c809a42279ce
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 43f859d2d0088d63c62eef551213d8dc61b66dde2fca37139473e4ff6d78419c
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 910cb873106d6d51679d35298b81ff2baaa24f72bce35f92b57e3d90c177f5b1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 313a7ad9cc68ae9f5937d8ce28d01c5553ec30ae68ce29611f86c809a42279ce
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 43f859d2d0088d63c62eef551213d8dc61b66dde2fca37139473e4ff6d78419c
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 910cb873106d6d51679d35298b81ff2baaa24f72bce35f92b57e3d90c177f5b1
i386
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b1a38d4d68991711a651797ecf8acea4bc78be3f00c00d140406c63a0d8994cf
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7b6decd3c20f7800410a34e5251a3f1083d5cbe68b9ef7b50d313a85c4909c31

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

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 313a7ad9cc68ae9f5937d8ce28d01c5553ec30ae68ce29611f86c809a42279ce
s390x
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ce6cda519121fca133b5082e61b40017e90f4fad11563cf3f67c539967ca8947
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 24973dbb7abc748cf6388ac59dc766da459a1f3368df37ac73d0b7a0c7b20b34

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 313a7ad9cc68ae9f5937d8ce28d01c5553ec30ae68ce29611f86c809a42279ce
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 43f859d2d0088d63c62eef551213d8dc61b66dde2fca37139473e4ff6d78419c
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 910cb873106d6d51679d35298b81ff2baaa24f72bce35f92b57e3d90c177f5b1
i386
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: b1a38d4d68991711a651797ecf8acea4bc78be3f00c00d140406c63a0d8994cf
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7b6decd3c20f7800410a34e5251a3f1083d5cbe68b9ef7b50d313a85c4909c31

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

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 313a7ad9cc68ae9f5937d8ce28d01c5553ec30ae68ce29611f86c809a42279ce
s390x
kexec-tools-2.0.0-258.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: ce6cda519121fca133b5082e61b40017e90f4fad11563cf3f67c539967ca8947
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.0-258.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 24973dbb7abc748cf6388ac59dc766da459a1f3368df37ac73d0b7a0c7b20b34

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