RHBA-2013:0331 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The hwloc package provides Portable Hardware Locality, which is a portable
abstraction of the hierarchical topology of current architectures.

The hwloc packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.5, which provides a
number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#797576)

Users of hwloc 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 Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 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 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 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 797576 - Update hwloc to latest stable upstream

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)