Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:12870 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2025-08-05
Updated:
2025-08-05

RHBA-2025:12870 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

kexec-tools bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for kexec-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Description

The kexec-tools packages contain the /sbin/kexec binary and utilities that together form the user-space component of the kernel's kexec feature. The /sbin/kexec binary facilitates a new kernel to boot using the kernel's kexec feature either on a normal or a panic reboot. The kexec fastboot mechanism allows booting a Linux kernel from the context of an already running kernel.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • [RHEL-9.6] mlx5_core - dracut rdma module installs mellanox driver unconditionally even if we dump onto local disk [rhel-9.6.z] (JIRA:RHEL-93821)

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 9 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.6 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.6 s390x

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: f4bcc4659d05d58771827542ec3b5d126d8c57a4c113d14cfc3e6cd73263e96d
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4b2e40a6f9b2d4f3661a3ee19f86d325845b5b9f4252c6b39e5b2e9a00c6f14d
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2deba6c5450fd47950e70dc4b51e974d834b4c9e0c4a5319cc2f46dd8eac5472
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9ed7e2c7848c3211cfcea7d96e00d6e9b01e47f2531686e2d4343f66f941ccfc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: f4bcc4659d05d58771827542ec3b5d126d8c57a4c113d14cfc3e6cd73263e96d
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4b2e40a6f9b2d4f3661a3ee19f86d325845b5b9f4252c6b39e5b2e9a00c6f14d
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2deba6c5450fd47950e70dc4b51e974d834b4c9e0c4a5319cc2f46dd8eac5472
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9ed7e2c7848c3211cfcea7d96e00d6e9b01e47f2531686e2d4343f66f941ccfc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: f4bcc4659d05d58771827542ec3b5d126d8c57a4c113d14cfc3e6cd73263e96d
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4b2e40a6f9b2d4f3661a3ee19f86d325845b5b9f4252c6b39e5b2e9a00c6f14d
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2deba6c5450fd47950e70dc4b51e974d834b4c9e0c4a5319cc2f46dd8eac5472
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9ed7e2c7848c3211cfcea7d96e00d6e9b01e47f2531686e2d4343f66f941ccfc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: f4bcc4659d05d58771827542ec3b5d126d8c57a4c113d14cfc3e6cd73263e96d
s390x
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c531f619dcba1981cf25595735539dc96d8d8fdc1b61c99b4bd1a52051904bd0
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fd9a68f789f5015b9aaffe7015cd5d40e5eeb4eec943998b9acdf23ff00b94df
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8852c3a7d2977c8dda497704cb62d8b0e9947b668e39f12cd9aa6139e70f3e5b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: f4bcc4659d05d58771827542ec3b5d126d8c57a4c113d14cfc3e6cd73263e96d
s390x
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c531f619dcba1981cf25595735539dc96d8d8fdc1b61c99b4bd1a52051904bd0
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fd9a68f789f5015b9aaffe7015cd5d40e5eeb4eec943998b9acdf23ff00b94df
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8852c3a7d2977c8dda497704cb62d8b0e9947b668e39f12cd9aa6139e70f3e5b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: f4bcc4659d05d58771827542ec3b5d126d8c57a4c113d14cfc3e6cd73263e96d
ppc64le
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e5c1e16d00b20f530e2966505f1349ed2bd8e336c8ead50fd6d2b0208baadea3
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f413f7343e53aa4b50718865f5f98650c3eda5feb0b9c23cad4cd0807949a9a8
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a6ec2ddd28594ef954dc19bd8e2096ce1f239ec9a54905838bed118df7ed05ac

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: f4bcc4659d05d58771827542ec3b5d126d8c57a4c113d14cfc3e6cd73263e96d
ppc64le
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e5c1e16d00b20f530e2966505f1349ed2bd8e336c8ead50fd6d2b0208baadea3
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f413f7343e53aa4b50718865f5f98650c3eda5feb0b9c23cad4cd0807949a9a8
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a6ec2ddd28594ef954dc19bd8e2096ce1f239ec9a54905838bed118df7ed05ac

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: f4bcc4659d05d58771827542ec3b5d126d8c57a4c113d14cfc3e6cd73263e96d
aarch64
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: a5127e0d53d8b0e51e87be415ef07356b08bd92b890fc580b3d357d5eed0e129
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: d188c588cff3a265c38152b0325b2ee49df24e6de89ada7767bd4470edbfd22c
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 16f40f73bb2545107e742a1ba7e82fa48274f3357e3fad9ac5ddd37a3b0eb49d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: f4bcc4659d05d58771827542ec3b5d126d8c57a4c113d14cfc3e6cd73263e96d
aarch64
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: a5127e0d53d8b0e51e87be415ef07356b08bd92b890fc580b3d357d5eed0e129
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: d188c588cff3a265c38152b0325b2ee49df24e6de89ada7767bd4470edbfd22c
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 16f40f73bb2545107e742a1ba7e82fa48274f3357e3fad9ac5ddd37a3b0eb49d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: f4bcc4659d05d58771827542ec3b5d126d8c57a4c113d14cfc3e6cd73263e96d
ppc64le
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: e5c1e16d00b20f530e2966505f1349ed2bd8e336c8ead50fd6d2b0208baadea3
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f413f7343e53aa4b50718865f5f98650c3eda5feb0b9c23cad4cd0807949a9a8
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a6ec2ddd28594ef954dc19bd8e2096ce1f239ec9a54905838bed118df7ed05ac

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: f4bcc4659d05d58771827542ec3b5d126d8c57a4c113d14cfc3e6cd73263e96d
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4b2e40a6f9b2d4f3661a3ee19f86d325845b5b9f4252c6b39e5b2e9a00c6f14d
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2deba6c5450fd47950e70dc4b51e974d834b4c9e0c4a5319cc2f46dd8eac5472
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9ed7e2c7848c3211cfcea7d96e00d6e9b01e47f2531686e2d4343f66f941ccfc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: f4bcc4659d05d58771827542ec3b5d126d8c57a4c113d14cfc3e6cd73263e96d
aarch64
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: a5127e0d53d8b0e51e87be415ef07356b08bd92b890fc580b3d357d5eed0e129
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: d188c588cff3a265c38152b0325b2ee49df24e6de89ada7767bd4470edbfd22c
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 16f40f73bb2545107e742a1ba7e82fa48274f3357e3fad9ac5ddd37a3b0eb49d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: f4bcc4659d05d58771827542ec3b5d126d8c57a4c113d14cfc3e6cd73263e96d
s390x
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: c531f619dcba1981cf25595735539dc96d8d8fdc1b61c99b4bd1a52051904bd0
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fd9a68f789f5015b9aaffe7015cd5d40e5eeb4eec943998b9acdf23ff00b94df
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9_6.2.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8852c3a7d2977c8dda497704cb62d8b0e9947b668e39f12cd9aa6139e70f3e5b

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