Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2021:3574 - Bug Fix Advisory

Issued:: 2021-09-21
Updated:: 2021-09-21

RHBA-2021:3574 - Bug Fix Advisory

Overview
Updated Packages

Synopsis

rng-tools bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

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

Description

The rng-tools packages contain random number generator user-space
utilities, such as the rngd daemon.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

rngd uses 100% CPU while in a yield() loop (BZ#1966437)

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 - 1966437 - rngd uses 100% CPU while in a yield() loop [rhel-8.4.0.z]

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
x86_64
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fedb8a53ad3717a4f389904a3b26e3916eea01f07b616ba18e84023a7b6260f3
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 6125c49b733ed2807d2a0261d45dbfd51ace8134db712581b7ad5c613179ffde
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9b885064af61562617fcd6da07ec111db5975df254bfcbc750f1884f24d09992

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
x86_64
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fedb8a53ad3717a4f389904a3b26e3916eea01f07b616ba18e84023a7b6260f3
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 6125c49b733ed2807d2a0261d45dbfd51ace8134db712581b7ad5c613179ffde
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9b885064af61562617fcd6da07ec111db5975df254bfcbc750f1884f24d09992

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
x86_64
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fedb8a53ad3717a4f389904a3b26e3916eea01f07b616ba18e84023a7b6260f3
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 6125c49b733ed2807d2a0261d45dbfd51ace8134db712581b7ad5c613179ffde
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9b885064af61562617fcd6da07ec111db5975df254bfcbc750f1884f24d09992

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
x86_64
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fedb8a53ad3717a4f389904a3b26e3916eea01f07b616ba18e84023a7b6260f3
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 6125c49b733ed2807d2a0261d45dbfd51ace8134db712581b7ad5c613179ffde
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9b885064af61562617fcd6da07ec111db5975df254bfcbc750f1884f24d09992

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
x86_64
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fedb8a53ad3717a4f389904a3b26e3916eea01f07b616ba18e84023a7b6260f3
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 6125c49b733ed2807d2a0261d45dbfd51ace8134db712581b7ad5c613179ffde
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9b885064af61562617fcd6da07ec111db5975df254bfcbc750f1884f24d09992

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
s390x
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 0058e6caf6f5ff644bfe1fddd82101c481c58a3d6c6a2a4346c3e91fe5a3e4e9
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 113a81bceadb80408184ff341aa814bf945d9e0317ae23bdd57cde18649a3193
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: e4d891dfcc6980e889fe27bd46694d969dcd74c64f935b22235a86358d4f72ab

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
s390x
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 0058e6caf6f5ff644bfe1fddd82101c481c58a3d6c6a2a4346c3e91fe5a3e4e9
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 113a81bceadb80408184ff341aa814bf945d9e0317ae23bdd57cde18649a3193
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: e4d891dfcc6980e889fe27bd46694d969dcd74c64f935b22235a86358d4f72ab

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
s390x
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 0058e6caf6f5ff644bfe1fddd82101c481c58a3d6c6a2a4346c3e91fe5a3e4e9
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 113a81bceadb80408184ff341aa814bf945d9e0317ae23bdd57cde18649a3193
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: e4d891dfcc6980e889fe27bd46694d969dcd74c64f935b22235a86358d4f72ab

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
ppc64le
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 6d033403e4d1d997051e0f8df2ca267d425b51671fdc4c27e287c23c9257b700
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 5bf0c1d60b79cd7d0188a9991ad6213f54876cf3bb0962703397e18aa89d8b43
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 06095be1c70d7ac2e1c855b406fde84968fa8cb76de10dc7ddea6cd30e67a19f

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
ppc64le
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 6d033403e4d1d997051e0f8df2ca267d425b51671fdc4c27e287c23c9257b700
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 5bf0c1d60b79cd7d0188a9991ad6213f54876cf3bb0962703397e18aa89d8b43
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 06095be1c70d7ac2e1c855b406fde84968fa8cb76de10dc7ddea6cd30e67a19f

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
ppc64le
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 6d033403e4d1d997051e0f8df2ca267d425b51671fdc4c27e287c23c9257b700
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 5bf0c1d60b79cd7d0188a9991ad6213f54876cf3bb0962703397e18aa89d8b43
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 06095be1c70d7ac2e1c855b406fde84968fa8cb76de10dc7ddea6cd30e67a19f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
x86_64
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fedb8a53ad3717a4f389904a3b26e3916eea01f07b616ba18e84023a7b6260f3
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 6125c49b733ed2807d2a0261d45dbfd51ace8134db712581b7ad5c613179ffde
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9b885064af61562617fcd6da07ec111db5975df254bfcbc750f1884f24d09992

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
x86_64
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fedb8a53ad3717a4f389904a3b26e3916eea01f07b616ba18e84023a7b6260f3
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 6125c49b733ed2807d2a0261d45dbfd51ace8134db712581b7ad5c613179ffde
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9b885064af61562617fcd6da07ec111db5975df254bfcbc750f1884f24d09992

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
aarch64
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.aarch64.rpm	SHA-256: 68c720155d5f453d626f3e4c5daad797ec308bdf2c3c8815f98e3f0169e53896
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.aarch64.rpm	SHA-256: 5cbbe4c2317fc77efa1056de1acf18633f656cf8d493f8cf53c63fd73849211b
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.aarch64.rpm	SHA-256: dc4ead1962451dd896fce2ec1251d25a370fec6436fc7d8801271da8292f43cc

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
aarch64
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.aarch64.rpm	SHA-256: 68c720155d5f453d626f3e4c5daad797ec308bdf2c3c8815f98e3f0169e53896
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.aarch64.rpm	SHA-256: 5cbbe4c2317fc77efa1056de1acf18633f656cf8d493f8cf53c63fd73849211b
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.aarch64.rpm	SHA-256: dc4ead1962451dd896fce2ec1251d25a370fec6436fc7d8801271da8292f43cc

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
aarch64
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.aarch64.rpm	SHA-256: 68c720155d5f453d626f3e4c5daad797ec308bdf2c3c8815f98e3f0169e53896
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.aarch64.rpm	SHA-256: 5cbbe4c2317fc77efa1056de1acf18633f656cf8d493f8cf53c63fd73849211b
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.aarch64.rpm	SHA-256: dc4ead1962451dd896fce2ec1251d25a370fec6436fc7d8801271da8292f43cc

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
ppc64le
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 6d033403e4d1d997051e0f8df2ca267d425b51671fdc4c27e287c23c9257b700
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 5bf0c1d60b79cd7d0188a9991ad6213f54876cf3bb0962703397e18aa89d8b43
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 06095be1c70d7ac2e1c855b406fde84968fa8cb76de10dc7ddea6cd30e67a19f

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
ppc64le
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 6d033403e4d1d997051e0f8df2ca267d425b51671fdc4c27e287c23c9257b700
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 5bf0c1d60b79cd7d0188a9991ad6213f54876cf3bb0962703397e18aa89d8b43
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm	SHA-256: 06095be1c70d7ac2e1c855b406fde84968fa8cb76de10dc7ddea6cd30e67a19f

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
x86_64
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fedb8a53ad3717a4f389904a3b26e3916eea01f07b616ba18e84023a7b6260f3
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 6125c49b733ed2807d2a0261d45dbfd51ace8134db712581b7ad5c613179ffde
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9b885064af61562617fcd6da07ec111db5975df254bfcbc750f1884f24d09992

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

SRPM
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.src.rpm	SHA-256: 82cb5d664e21eb1b66d7438a2f29750b888c42814d1f0a3dae0f55480781dd27
x86_64
rng-tools-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fedb8a53ad3717a4f389904a3b26e3916eea01f07b616ba18e84023a7b6260f3
rng-tools-debuginfo-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 6125c49b733ed2807d2a0261d45dbfd51ace8134db712581b7ad5c613179ffde
rng-tools-debugsource-6.8-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 9b885064af61562617fcd6da07ec111db5975df254bfcbc750f1884f24d09992

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