Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:16680 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2025-09-25
Updated:
2025-09-25

RHBA-2025:16680 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

irqbalance bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for irqbalance is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Description

The irqbalance packages provide a daemon that evenly distributes the interrupt request (IRQ) load across multiple CPUs for enhanced performance.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • On a Single Node OpenShift with Telco DU configuration irqbalance.service fails with buffer overflow detected [rhel-9.6.z] (JIRA:RHEL-91476)

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 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 x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.6 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 9.6 ppc64le

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9

SRPM
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 2cbda0fd8a70356b4cc05d3f716f5ff0c888ce2dea31d9e1ed98bdceb7c2effc
x86_64
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 39c16af4b217e49b4ecc9e9a75e03de0a9dd979a1428461163ce1ce31fad1374
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2f563f119a959fefe18653b25b707bcbf604c451506e9f591f70b8e4487604bc
irqbalance-debugsource-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4a4b89f9c9256aa814e8b0da984ba96915c506eb084e272c64a0d5bc14fd33a5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 2cbda0fd8a70356b4cc05d3f716f5ff0c888ce2dea31d9e1ed98bdceb7c2effc
x86_64
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 39c16af4b217e49b4ecc9e9a75e03de0a9dd979a1428461163ce1ce31fad1374
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2f563f119a959fefe18653b25b707bcbf604c451506e9f591f70b8e4487604bc
irqbalance-debugsource-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4a4b89f9c9256aa814e8b0da984ba96915c506eb084e272c64a0d5bc14fd33a5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6

SRPM
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 2cbda0fd8a70356b4cc05d3f716f5ff0c888ce2dea31d9e1ed98bdceb7c2effc
x86_64
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 39c16af4b217e49b4ecc9e9a75e03de0a9dd979a1428461163ce1ce31fad1374
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2f563f119a959fefe18653b25b707bcbf604c451506e9f591f70b8e4487604bc
irqbalance-debugsource-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4a4b89f9c9256aa814e8b0da984ba96915c506eb084e272c64a0d5bc14fd33a5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9

SRPM
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 2cbda0fd8a70356b4cc05d3f716f5ff0c888ce2dea31d9e1ed98bdceb7c2effc
ppc64le
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 374844995c2dce74bbfe0a1d399fe4bace86ed9d9dae543efb1695957fa0eb05
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 6ebc025b426ab6ba506e1299ed5ac591a42cb61fa68de6745124451067f2f0fe
irqbalance-debugsource-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f77262bc23e4275acb24118f5b404037b452de3a4750797fb8a7456265c8cac3

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

SRPM
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 2cbda0fd8a70356b4cc05d3f716f5ff0c888ce2dea31d9e1ed98bdceb7c2effc
ppc64le
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 374844995c2dce74bbfe0a1d399fe4bace86ed9d9dae543efb1695957fa0eb05
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 6ebc025b426ab6ba506e1299ed5ac591a42cb61fa68de6745124451067f2f0fe
irqbalance-debugsource-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f77262bc23e4275acb24118f5b404037b452de3a4750797fb8a7456265c8cac3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9

SRPM
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 2cbda0fd8a70356b4cc05d3f716f5ff0c888ce2dea31d9e1ed98bdceb7c2effc
aarch64
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: a9bf6cb01cd4c9e3eeaebd8c5d34cce24bf9e956ab39fd5c5e84bb6ce8c8e375
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: f5bbc670be851eb5e11a2036f2cc6cdf4f515b1b8c2245a71d595debcb4e8652
irqbalance-debugsource-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: da2efab428879d3e7d94ca07c3570578703963abf0eff7fb44ab4e5b29076dd4

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

SRPM
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 2cbda0fd8a70356b4cc05d3f716f5ff0c888ce2dea31d9e1ed98bdceb7c2effc
aarch64
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: a9bf6cb01cd4c9e3eeaebd8c5d34cce24bf9e956ab39fd5c5e84bb6ce8c8e375
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: f5bbc670be851eb5e11a2036f2cc6cdf4f515b1b8c2245a71d595debcb4e8652
irqbalance-debugsource-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: da2efab428879d3e7d94ca07c3570578703963abf0eff7fb44ab4e5b29076dd4

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

SRPM
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 2cbda0fd8a70356b4cc05d3f716f5ff0c888ce2dea31d9e1ed98bdceb7c2effc
ppc64le
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 374844995c2dce74bbfe0a1d399fe4bace86ed9d9dae543efb1695957fa0eb05
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 6ebc025b426ab6ba506e1299ed5ac591a42cb61fa68de6745124451067f2f0fe
irqbalance-debugsource-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f77262bc23e4275acb24118f5b404037b452de3a4750797fb8a7456265c8cac3

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

SRPM
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 2cbda0fd8a70356b4cc05d3f716f5ff0c888ce2dea31d9e1ed98bdceb7c2effc
x86_64
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 39c16af4b217e49b4ecc9e9a75e03de0a9dd979a1428461163ce1ce31fad1374
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2f563f119a959fefe18653b25b707bcbf604c451506e9f591f70b8e4487604bc
irqbalance-debugsource-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4a4b89f9c9256aa814e8b0da984ba96915c506eb084e272c64a0d5bc14fd33a5

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

SRPM
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 2cbda0fd8a70356b4cc05d3f716f5ff0c888ce2dea31d9e1ed98bdceb7c2effc
aarch64
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: a9bf6cb01cd4c9e3eeaebd8c5d34cce24bf9e956ab39fd5c5e84bb6ce8c8e375
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: f5bbc670be851eb5e11a2036f2cc6cdf4f515b1b8c2245a71d595debcb4e8652
irqbalance-debugsource-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: da2efab428879d3e7d94ca07c3570578703963abf0eff7fb44ab4e5b29076dd4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.6

SRPM
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 2cbda0fd8a70356b4cc05d3f716f5ff0c888ce2dea31d9e1ed98bdceb7c2effc
x86_64
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 39c16af4b217e49b4ecc9e9a75e03de0a9dd979a1428461163ce1ce31fad1374
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2f563f119a959fefe18653b25b707bcbf604c451506e9f591f70b8e4487604bc
irqbalance-debugsource-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4a4b89f9c9256aa814e8b0da984ba96915c506eb084e272c64a0d5bc14fd33a5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.6

SRPM
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 2cbda0fd8a70356b4cc05d3f716f5ff0c888ce2dea31d9e1ed98bdceb7c2effc
aarch64
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: a9bf6cb01cd4c9e3eeaebd8c5d34cce24bf9e956ab39fd5c5e84bb6ce8c8e375
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: f5bbc670be851eb5e11a2036f2cc6cdf4f515b1b8c2245a71d595debcb4e8652
irqbalance-debugsource-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: da2efab428879d3e7d94ca07c3570578703963abf0eff7fb44ab4e5b29076dd4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 9.6

SRPM
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 2cbda0fd8a70356b4cc05d3f716f5ff0c888ce2dea31d9e1ed98bdceb7c2effc
ppc64le
irqbalance-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 374844995c2dce74bbfe0a1d399fe4bace86ed9d9dae543efb1695957fa0eb05
irqbalance-debuginfo-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 6ebc025b426ab6ba506e1299ed5ac591a42cb61fa68de6745124451067f2f0fe
irqbalance-debugsource-1.9.4-2.el9_6.2.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: f77262bc23e4275acb24118f5b404037b452de3a4750797fb8a7456265c8cac3

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