RHBA-2015:0914 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated kernel packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.2 Advanced Update Support.

Description

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating
system.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the open() system call in some cases failed with an EBUSY error if

the opened file was also being renamed at the same time. With this update, the
kernel automatically retries open() when this failure occurs, and if the retry
is not successful either, open() now fails with an ESTALE error. (BZ#1207812)

• When repeating a Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) value during a leap second

(when the UTC time should be 23:59:60), the International Atomic Time (TAI)
timescale previously stopped as the kernel NTP code incremented the TAI offset
one second too late. A patch has been provided, which fixes the bug by
incrementing the offset during the leap second itself. Now, the correct TAI is
set during the leap second. (BZ#1201670)

Users of kernel are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.2 x86_64

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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