RHBA-2023:6953 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for valgrind is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 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 IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64

Fixes

• BZ - 2124345 - routine rebase of valgrind for rhel 8.9
• BZ - 2157662 - Cannot execute valgrind due to lack of memory (which is not true)
• BZ - 2208574 - Disable valgrind-monitor python scripts
• BZ - 2211836 - valgrind errors on openscap memcheck
• BZ - 2214375 - __memmove_chk seen as __memcpy_chk
• BZ - 2214398 - callgrind_control produces (strict perl) errors
• BZ - 2217490 - callgrind Python scripts not working on RHEL-8.9

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.9_release_notes/index