Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2021:0854 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2021-03-16
Updated:
2021-03-16

RHBA-2021:0854 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

dmidecode bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for dmidecode is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The dmidecode packages provide utilities for extracting Intel 64 and Intel
Itanium hardware information from the system BIOS or Extensible Firmware
Interface (EFI), depending on the SMBIOS/DMI standard. This information
typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS
version, and asset tag, as well as other details, depending on the
manufacturer.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • [DELL EMC 7.9 BUG]: "dmidecode" showing "OUT OF SPEC" messages for empty

NVMe and DIMM slots (BZ#1858345)

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 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.2-5.el7_9.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 5afd791a23a96126e969c97bbc719edfe6a81d0c29c2221472ef1777fb4741de
x86_64
dmidecode-3.2-5.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 37b104242c905ab03194ef45539c9e6542405feffa8b517d2089a92668e1be12
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.2-5.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c7aabadb0dae06c0943e3bf5db3915497b750e207f3249d750285e1c2f8c5940

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.2-5.el7_9.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 5afd791a23a96126e969c97bbc719edfe6a81d0c29c2221472ef1777fb4741de
x86_64
dmidecode-3.2-5.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 37b104242c905ab03194ef45539c9e6542405feffa8b517d2089a92668e1be12
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.2-5.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c7aabadb0dae06c0943e3bf5db3915497b750e207f3249d750285e1c2f8c5940

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.2-5.el7_9.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 5afd791a23a96126e969c97bbc719edfe6a81d0c29c2221472ef1777fb4741de
x86_64
dmidecode-3.2-5.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 37b104242c905ab03194ef45539c9e6542405feffa8b517d2089a92668e1be12
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.2-5.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c7aabadb0dae06c0943e3bf5db3915497b750e207f3249d750285e1c2f8c5940

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.2-5.el7_9.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 5afd791a23a96126e969c97bbc719edfe6a81d0c29c2221472ef1777fb4741de
x86_64
dmidecode-3.2-5.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 37b104242c905ab03194ef45539c9e6542405feffa8b517d2089a92668e1be12
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.2-5.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c7aabadb0dae06c0943e3bf5db3915497b750e207f3249d750285e1c2f8c5940

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
dmidecode-3.2-5.el7_9.1.src.rpm SHA-256: 5afd791a23a96126e969c97bbc719edfe6a81d0c29c2221472ef1777fb4741de
x86_64
dmidecode-3.2-5.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 37b104242c905ab03194ef45539c9e6542405feffa8b517d2089a92668e1be12
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.2-5.el7_9.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c7aabadb0dae06c0943e3bf5db3915497b750e207f3249d750285e1c2f8c5940

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