RHBA-2024:8862 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for gcc-toolset-14-gdb is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

GDB, the GNU debugger, allows you to debug programs written in C, C++, Java, and other languages, by executing them in a controlled fashion and printing their data.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• [FJ8.8 Bug]: Gdb fails to write to a specific register on a machine with a Sapphire Rapids generation CPU (JIRA:RHEL-10470)
• gdb error in testing breakpoint condition: Couldn't get registers: No such process (JIRA:RHEL-13298)
• "PC not saved" message, no disassembly on attempt to stepi through JIT-compiled code (JIRA:RHEL-19390)
• [IBM 9.5 FEAT] GDB: Support for new IBM Z Hardware [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:RHEL-36225)
• [IBM 10.0 FEAT] GDB: Base enablement support for Power11 platform [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:RHEL-36518)
• gdb: APX support in the disassembler [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:RHEL-36527)

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

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

• RHEL-19390 - "PC not saved" message, no disassembly on attempt to stepi through JIT-compiled code

CVEs

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References

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