Issued:
2018-06-19
Updated:
2018-06-19

RHBA-2018:1903 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

upstart bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

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

Description

The upstart packages contain an event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon, which starts tasks and services during boot, stops them during shut down, and supervises them while the system is running.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Users of upstart 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 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 - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1380858 - Race within conf_reload_path() results in a kernel panic

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: b151f8e46bebc433c609dea4003a9be879c8e426229aa5e879e5659f5d665502
x86_64
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e9e1c140d2538e746c22e1d5fd3d823b74b01b3983c721d48a0053cbe49cae1e
upstart-debuginfo-0.6.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9c9dfedf76d60b0f833de7597205ca9c97a734faa58e53a9d2edd77992500b2
i386
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4772aadc1bf97faa3a2b7925e110f44136ddb3fe34ab9e28ad571003cd1b806
upstart-debuginfo-0.6.5-17.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9d65394a7b254c19329b2002879e08b8e4df527519aff646fc9bfc5cb8ab4be6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: b151f8e46bebc433c609dea4003a9be879c8e426229aa5e879e5659f5d665502
x86_64
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e9e1c140d2538e746c22e1d5fd3d823b74b01b3983c721d48a0053cbe49cae1e
upstart-debuginfo-0.6.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9c9dfedf76d60b0f833de7597205ca9c97a734faa58e53a9d2edd77992500b2
i386
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4772aadc1bf97faa3a2b7925e110f44136ddb3fe34ab9e28ad571003cd1b806
upstart-debuginfo-0.6.5-17.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9d65394a7b254c19329b2002879e08b8e4df527519aff646fc9bfc5cb8ab4be6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: b151f8e46bebc433c609dea4003a9be879c8e426229aa5e879e5659f5d665502
x86_64
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e9e1c140d2538e746c22e1d5fd3d823b74b01b3983c721d48a0053cbe49cae1e
upstart-debuginfo-0.6.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9c9dfedf76d60b0f833de7597205ca9c97a734faa58e53a9d2edd77992500b2
i386
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4772aadc1bf97faa3a2b7925e110f44136ddb3fe34ab9e28ad571003cd1b806
upstart-debuginfo-0.6.5-17.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9d65394a7b254c19329b2002879e08b8e4df527519aff646fc9bfc5cb8ab4be6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: b151f8e46bebc433c609dea4003a9be879c8e426229aa5e879e5659f5d665502
x86_64
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e9e1c140d2538e746c22e1d5fd3d823b74b01b3983c721d48a0053cbe49cae1e
upstart-debuginfo-0.6.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9c9dfedf76d60b0f833de7597205ca9c97a734faa58e53a9d2edd77992500b2
i386
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: f4772aadc1bf97faa3a2b7925e110f44136ddb3fe34ab9e28ad571003cd1b806
upstart-debuginfo-0.6.5-17.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 9d65394a7b254c19329b2002879e08b8e4df527519aff646fc9bfc5cb8ab4be6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: b151f8e46bebc433c609dea4003a9be879c8e426229aa5e879e5659f5d665502
s390x
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 089de0bd15eb818a48cbd639bc85cb16b39afed986e5a83af96136dce6746b28
upstart-debuginfo-0.6.5-17.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b7baab278f49c644453c9ca9027dd789fa27be4b2667eb4730143391ef9bfc27

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: b151f8e46bebc433c609dea4003a9be879c8e426229aa5e879e5659f5d665502
ppc64
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: c02abd41ed51c32d37f3cede4c5193de3d1198a0f0c34fe06384e2995a36825c
upstart-debuginfo-0.6.5-17.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 744311fd39ffa7316621572bf6391645b15f40e11d8aae89fdd94cd84e2b02fa

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: b151f8e46bebc433c609dea4003a9be879c8e426229aa5e879e5659f5d665502
x86_64
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e9e1c140d2538e746c22e1d5fd3d823b74b01b3983c721d48a0053cbe49cae1e
upstart-debuginfo-0.6.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9c9dfedf76d60b0f833de7597205ca9c97a734faa58e53a9d2edd77992500b2

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

SRPM
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: b151f8e46bebc433c609dea4003a9be879c8e426229aa5e879e5659f5d665502
s390x
upstart-0.6.5-17.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 089de0bd15eb818a48cbd639bc85cb16b39afed986e5a83af96136dce6746b28
upstart-debuginfo-0.6.5-17.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b7baab278f49c644453c9ca9027dd789fa27be4b2667eb4730143391ef9bfc27

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