RHBA-2020:5425 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for java-11-openjdk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

The java-11-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 11 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 11 Java Software Development Kit.

Bug Fix(es):

• The previous OpenJDK 11 release, 11.0.9, was found to contain a regression introduced by one of the security fixes. It caused the virtual machine to crash when a null value was encountered. With this update, the null value is checked for and the crash does not occur. (RH#1895752)
• Recently, the java-11-openjdk-static-libs subpackage was introduced to support Ahead-of-Time (AoT) compilers that need to link OpenJDK libraries statically. After the last update was released, it was found that the new directories used to store the static libraries were not owned by the java-11-openjdk-static-libs package. This is fixed with this update (RH#1889555)
• The java-11-openjdk package stores most of its files in a /usr/lib/jvm subdirectory, which is unique to each release of the package, but license files for the documentation files are stored in /usr/share/licenses/java-11-openjdk-javadoc, where they are shared by all versions of the package. After the last update was released, it was discovered that changes to these license files make this problematic. With this update, they are now stored in the /usr/lib/jvm subdirectory unique to each package version. (RH#1889707)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

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

All running instances of OpenJDK Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.2 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1889555 - static subdirectory is not owned by packages [rhel-8.2.0.z]
• BZ - 1889707 - conflicting files in legal directories ofjavadocs [rhel-8.2.0.z]
• BZ - 1895752 - Respin java-11-openjdk due to a regression in 11.0.9 [rhel-8] [rhel-8.2.0.z]

CVEs

(none)

References

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