Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2016:0907 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2016-05-10
Updated:
2016-05-10

RHBA-2016:0907 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

memtest86+ bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for memtest86+ is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Memtest86+ is a stand-alone memory test for x86 and x86-64 architecture computers. Memtest86+ detects many of the memory failures that BIOS-based memory tests often miss.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Users of memtest86+ are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

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 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 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • 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

Fixes

  • BZ - 1302000 - memtest-setup --help does not print help
  • BZ - 1302005 - documentation lacks informations about serial console support

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: e12fd85cd7cff7c92033b57537175089df2cf4428f03b670f81f32fd8aef8355
x86_64
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ccfa714365908022d7c712d87d4851e1565ccf08442fafc38b584fddc307b9ca
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ccfa714365908022d7c712d87d4851e1565ccf08442fafc38b584fddc307b9ca
i386
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d7359f1f80c416b4f2ae341bfe69735570e126e439b641c523c3b1cdc72c1a1f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: e12fd85cd7cff7c92033b57537175089df2cf4428f03b670f81f32fd8aef8355
x86_64
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ccfa714365908022d7c712d87d4851e1565ccf08442fafc38b584fddc307b9ca
i386
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d7359f1f80c416b4f2ae341bfe69735570e126e439b641c523c3b1cdc72c1a1f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: e12fd85cd7cff7c92033b57537175089df2cf4428f03b670f81f32fd8aef8355
x86_64
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ccfa714365908022d7c712d87d4851e1565ccf08442fafc38b584fddc307b9ca
i386
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d7359f1f80c416b4f2ae341bfe69735570e126e439b641c523c3b1cdc72c1a1f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: e12fd85cd7cff7c92033b57537175089df2cf4428f03b670f81f32fd8aef8355
x86_64
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ccfa714365908022d7c712d87d4851e1565ccf08442fafc38b584fddc307b9ca
i386
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d7359f1f80c416b4f2ae341bfe69735570e126e439b641c523c3b1cdc72c1a1f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: e12fd85cd7cff7c92033b57537175089df2cf4428f03b670f81f32fd8aef8355
x86_64
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ccfa714365908022d7c712d87d4851e1565ccf08442fafc38b584fddc307b9ca

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

SRPM
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: e12fd85cd7cff7c92033b57537175089df2cf4428f03b670f81f32fd8aef8355
x86_64
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ccfa714365908022d7c712d87d4851e1565ccf08442fafc38b584fddc307b9ca
i386
memtest86+-5.01-2.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: d7359f1f80c416b4f2ae341bfe69735570e126e439b641c523c3b1cdc72c1a1f

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