Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2015:1416 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2015-07-22
Updated:
2015-07-22

RHBA-2015:1416 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

rng-tools bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

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

Description

The rng-tools packages contain the random number generator user space utilities,
such as the rngd daemon.

The rng-tools packages have been upgraded to upstream version 5, which provides
a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
Notably, this update enables the RDRAND and RDSEED hardware random number
generator instructions on supported Intel x86- and Intel 64-based EM64T and
AMD64 CPU models. (BZ#833620)

Users of rng-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.

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

https://access.redhat.com/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 x86_64
  • 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 (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

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb
x86_64
rng-tools-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f8f794b64a5691d711bb9db17f14d88ea85b2526a47dddd0bc92cb140620dce0
rng-tools-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f8f794b64a5691d711bb9db17f14d88ea85b2526a47dddd0bc92cb140620dce0
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b24b1204c6772a3f0fdbea68743b3681002791a8804ef2e38ec4aeb9bcbc505b
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b24b1204c6772a3f0fdbea68743b3681002791a8804ef2e38ec4aeb9bcbc505b
i386
rng-tools-5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 885c0e6a30e9302de7b8420514fae076eec4f51cb0774414aae07f228381fdc1
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6a146964bd2f17f53f1009b23cdecd53c127d4547d1c569c0999d65272ba3e2f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb
x86_64
rng-tools-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f8f794b64a5691d711bb9db17f14d88ea85b2526a47dddd0bc92cb140620dce0
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b24b1204c6772a3f0fdbea68743b3681002791a8804ef2e38ec4aeb9bcbc505b
i386
rng-tools-5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 885c0e6a30e9302de7b8420514fae076eec4f51cb0774414aae07f228381fdc1
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6a146964bd2f17f53f1009b23cdecd53c127d4547d1c569c0999d65272ba3e2f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb
x86_64
rng-tools-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f8f794b64a5691d711bb9db17f14d88ea85b2526a47dddd0bc92cb140620dce0
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b24b1204c6772a3f0fdbea68743b3681002791a8804ef2e38ec4aeb9bcbc505b
i386
rng-tools-5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 885c0e6a30e9302de7b8420514fae076eec4f51cb0774414aae07f228381fdc1
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6a146964bd2f17f53f1009b23cdecd53c127d4547d1c569c0999d65272ba3e2f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb
x86_64
rng-tools-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f8f794b64a5691d711bb9db17f14d88ea85b2526a47dddd0bc92cb140620dce0
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b24b1204c6772a3f0fdbea68743b3681002791a8804ef2e38ec4aeb9bcbc505b
i386
rng-tools-5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 885c0e6a30e9302de7b8420514fae076eec4f51cb0774414aae07f228381fdc1
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6a146964bd2f17f53f1009b23cdecd53c127d4547d1c569c0999d65272ba3e2f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb
s390x
rng-tools-5-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f523798e2ab240612d3de61c373072b609909639899bfcd99df1449c56d5b799
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e24a049957cf8432ffe8ff0cec4947e6a3f1096930feef835e598260c82fc7d4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb
ppc64
rng-tools-5-1.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 6f78311c1476899debace4da8e8df61c6bc2307bb9971d3b8817bab24baba30a
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 5636eb2c4e13334657670263b699a99ab3aadbe91c121c9dd6dc2e20be6db4bd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb
x86_64
rng-tools-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f8f794b64a5691d711bb9db17f14d88ea85b2526a47dddd0bc92cb140620dce0
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b24b1204c6772a3f0fdbea68743b3681002791a8804ef2e38ec4aeb9bcbc505b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb
x86_64
rng-tools-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f8f794b64a5691d711bb9db17f14d88ea85b2526a47dddd0bc92cb140620dce0
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b24b1204c6772a3f0fdbea68743b3681002791a8804ef2e38ec4aeb9bcbc505b
i386
rng-tools-5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 885c0e6a30e9302de7b8420514fae076eec4f51cb0774414aae07f228381fdc1
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6a146964bd2f17f53f1009b23cdecd53c127d4547d1c569c0999d65272ba3e2f

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

SRPM
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb
s390x
rng-tools-5-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f523798e2ab240612d3de61c373072b609909639899bfcd99df1449c56d5b799
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e24a049957cf8432ffe8ff0cec4947e6a3f1096930feef835e598260c82fc7d4

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

SRPM
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb
x86_64
rng-tools-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f8f794b64a5691d711bb9db17f14d88ea85b2526a47dddd0bc92cb140620dce0
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b24b1204c6772a3f0fdbea68743b3681002791a8804ef2e38ec4aeb9bcbc505b
i386
rng-tools-5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 885c0e6a30e9302de7b8420514fae076eec4f51cb0774414aae07f228381fdc1
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 6a146964bd2f17f53f1009b23cdecd53c127d4547d1c569c0999d65272ba3e2f

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

SRPM
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb
s390x
rng-tools-5-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f523798e2ab240612d3de61c373072b609909639899bfcd99df1449c56d5b799
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e24a049957cf8432ffe8ff0cec4947e6a3f1096930feef835e598260c82fc7d4

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