Issued:
2021-05-18
Updated:
2021-05-18

RHBA-2021:1607 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

kexec-tools bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

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Topic

An update for kexec-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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 for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1832645 - [RHEL8][s390x] add kdump sysconfig option to use kexec_file_load by default
  • BZ - 1861249 - Doc: Improve the kdump sysconfig document
  • BZ - 1866611 - Support kernel installed in different path on systems using GRUB
  • BZ - 1868698 - [RFE] Adjust the space warning for the dump target
  • BZ - 1881326 - rebase makedumpfile to latest version
  • BZ - 1894821 - Need to update the kdump.conf doc for 'core_collector scp'
  • BZ - 1904945 - kdump cannot start if fence_kdump_nodes contains IP addresses
  • BZ - 1907880 - kexec-tools repo can not be built on Fedora 33
  • BZ - 1907934 - [RHEL-8.4][aarch64] makedumpfile saving vmcore failed: readpage_elf: Attempt to read non-existent page at 0x0
  • BZ - 1914624 - kdump.service should not be started if crashkernel memory not reserved in kernel command line
  • BZ - 1919866 - [RHEL-8.4] kdump failed to mount non-root partition.

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fbfd40e61b1951c777727c2cee2e8d3ef2ba336eeff549059d93aa26e940950b
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f43006f39ad5e14bb1ea7d0e6fc87aefbb3820e30c08684c58488df2d8d55fdf
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c183d538300c4c9e26f6bbc945d30744334935776473c50b61f7e31c445d3ddf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fbfd40e61b1951c777727c2cee2e8d3ef2ba336eeff549059d93aa26e940950b
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f43006f39ad5e14bb1ea7d0e6fc87aefbb3820e30c08684c58488df2d8d55fdf
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c183d538300c4c9e26f6bbc945d30744334935776473c50b61f7e31c445d3ddf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fbfd40e61b1951c777727c2cee2e8d3ef2ba336eeff549059d93aa26e940950b
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f43006f39ad5e14bb1ea7d0e6fc87aefbb3820e30c08684c58488df2d8d55fdf
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c183d538300c4c9e26f6bbc945d30744334935776473c50b61f7e31c445d3ddf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fbfd40e61b1951c777727c2cee2e8d3ef2ba336eeff549059d93aa26e940950b
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f43006f39ad5e14bb1ea7d0e6fc87aefbb3820e30c08684c58488df2d8d55fdf
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c183d538300c4c9e26f6bbc945d30744334935776473c50b61f7e31c445d3ddf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fbfd40e61b1951c777727c2cee2e8d3ef2ba336eeff549059d93aa26e940950b
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f43006f39ad5e14bb1ea7d0e6fc87aefbb3820e30c08684c58488df2d8d55fdf
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c183d538300c4c9e26f6bbc945d30744334935776473c50b61f7e31c445d3ddf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
s390x
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 093aaa551397820b621e519b486f11d5c1afef094f67d4988fa744d332f473d4
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bc5c97893d43be58af278bd0a2fb88f9ec3b6965fe24a5b7404702ac4afd5361
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e7051b5e5282d529780657521a773316a8c8b32807baa4703e9b5e43c7bcc6d7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
s390x
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 093aaa551397820b621e519b486f11d5c1afef094f67d4988fa744d332f473d4
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bc5c97893d43be58af278bd0a2fb88f9ec3b6965fe24a5b7404702ac4afd5361
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e7051b5e5282d529780657521a773316a8c8b32807baa4703e9b5e43c7bcc6d7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
s390x
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 093aaa551397820b621e519b486f11d5c1afef094f67d4988fa744d332f473d4
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bc5c97893d43be58af278bd0a2fb88f9ec3b6965fe24a5b7404702ac4afd5361
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e7051b5e5282d529780657521a773316a8c8b32807baa4703e9b5e43c7bcc6d7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
ppc64le
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 894154e65b5f9adc9a98308990afb46dc57b0fc084bb7fa0f823cbefe35fc6df
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e5cc964f23577cff2c8bc26c2a9576964b8844403297587e0fcbb0c51391f4d6
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2a88a4cf348207d825a32f1b442ae344fd1039a143456a57bf64fd5df049e441

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
ppc64le
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 894154e65b5f9adc9a98308990afb46dc57b0fc084bb7fa0f823cbefe35fc6df
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e5cc964f23577cff2c8bc26c2a9576964b8844403297587e0fcbb0c51391f4d6
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2a88a4cf348207d825a32f1b442ae344fd1039a143456a57bf64fd5df049e441

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
ppc64le
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 894154e65b5f9adc9a98308990afb46dc57b0fc084bb7fa0f823cbefe35fc6df
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e5cc964f23577cff2c8bc26c2a9576964b8844403297587e0fcbb0c51391f4d6
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2a88a4cf348207d825a32f1b442ae344fd1039a143456a57bf64fd5df049e441

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fbfd40e61b1951c777727c2cee2e8d3ef2ba336eeff549059d93aa26e940950b
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f43006f39ad5e14bb1ea7d0e6fc87aefbb3820e30c08684c58488df2d8d55fdf
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c183d538300c4c9e26f6bbc945d30744334935776473c50b61f7e31c445d3ddf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fbfd40e61b1951c777727c2cee2e8d3ef2ba336eeff549059d93aa26e940950b
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f43006f39ad5e14bb1ea7d0e6fc87aefbb3820e30c08684c58488df2d8d55fdf
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c183d538300c4c9e26f6bbc945d30744334935776473c50b61f7e31c445d3ddf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
aarch64
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: c5be97e0b32b42efc96a063bda48f5c7bb640c54719a7b0b9b1abfd6f310f494
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 4275024b4a35c8c931163874488ff39f060a65992414bfb9f1b6e9244be78495
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 8ce002bf24bf99b2bf657e8d9d35a7f935199834896032c89afa09e786148491

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
aarch64
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: c5be97e0b32b42efc96a063bda48f5c7bb640c54719a7b0b9b1abfd6f310f494
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 4275024b4a35c8c931163874488ff39f060a65992414bfb9f1b6e9244be78495
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 8ce002bf24bf99b2bf657e8d9d35a7f935199834896032c89afa09e786148491

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.4

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
aarch64
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: c5be97e0b32b42efc96a063bda48f5c7bb640c54719a7b0b9b1abfd6f310f494
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 4275024b4a35c8c931163874488ff39f060a65992414bfb9f1b6e9244be78495
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 8ce002bf24bf99b2bf657e8d9d35a7f935199834896032c89afa09e786148491

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
ppc64le
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 894154e65b5f9adc9a98308990afb46dc57b0fc084bb7fa0f823cbefe35fc6df
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e5cc964f23577cff2c8bc26c2a9576964b8844403297587e0fcbb0c51391f4d6
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2a88a4cf348207d825a32f1b442ae344fd1039a143456a57bf64fd5df049e441

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
ppc64le
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 894154e65b5f9adc9a98308990afb46dc57b0fc084bb7fa0f823cbefe35fc6df
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e5cc964f23577cff2c8bc26c2a9576964b8844403297587e0fcbb0c51391f4d6
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2a88a4cf348207d825a32f1b442ae344fd1039a143456a57bf64fd5df049e441

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fbfd40e61b1951c777727c2cee2e8d3ef2ba336eeff549059d93aa26e940950b
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f43006f39ad5e14bb1ea7d0e6fc87aefbb3820e30c08684c58488df2d8d55fdf
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c183d538300c4c9e26f6bbc945d30744334935776473c50b61f7e31c445d3ddf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 8718563c719b7ee0bc5a8ca5e3e9ebfb6d879225d31f1932e61f8f98eedce5c7
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fbfd40e61b1951c777727c2cee2e8d3ef2ba336eeff549059d93aa26e940950b
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f43006f39ad5e14bb1ea7d0e6fc87aefbb3820e30c08684c58488df2d8d55fdf
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-46.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c183d538300c4c9e26f6bbc945d30744334935776473c50b61f7e31c445d3ddf

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