Synopsis
kpatch bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
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Topic
An updated kpatch package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.
Description
The kpatch management tool provides a kernel patching infrastructure which
allows you to patch a running kernel without rebooting or restarting any
processes. The kpatch tool works at the function level for replacing old
functions with new functions using hot patch modules.
This update fixes the following bug:
- kpatch: clarify that "kpatch unload" isn't supported (BZ#1749299)
Users of kpatch are advised to upgrade to this updated package.
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
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
Fixes
(none)
Note:
More recent versions of these packages may be available.
Click a package name for more details.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7
| SRPM |
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kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| x86_64 |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| x86_64 |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| x86_64 |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| x86_64 |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| x86_64 |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| x86_64 |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| s390x |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| s390x |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| ppc64 |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| ppc64 |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| x86_64 |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| ppc64le |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| ppc64le |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| x86_64 |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| s390x |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| x86_64 |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| ppc64le |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| x86_64 |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| ppc64 |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7
| SRPM |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.src.rpm
|
SHA-256: 23f622ade2b1451eced96b2d8299dde8f19b6d15c288f4b0dcd2c845bff3125b |
| ppc64le |
|
kpatch-0.6.1-5.el7_7.noarch.rpm
|
SHA-256: 8c7f6cb56b26bd16112117f514c60c7fa3b9a85d08942aeeb0449358f195652a |
