Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:6985 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2025-05-13
Updated:
2025-05-13

RHBA-2025:6985 - 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

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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

  • RHEL-63047 - kexec-tools-2.0.27-17 breaks error handling with invalid config options
  • RHEL-58321 - [rhel 9.6] Rebase kexec-tools to upstream latest
  • RHEL-35885 - [RHEL-9] On bootc installations, the kdump service fails during boot

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.src.rpm SHA-256: 9698690fcef35515c80bb1fb920ec219fc6e1b3c959a1ef0971529082ca636c6
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76c804c25adbda0de167758af6428f9a199b22ac6948c6257df002851aa67ea6
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b59dcfc3a09ab97b64d44dbf13b5a1368cd9df63efe63f52ab944d941467291c
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 66e85e25bfb7195edf51d45b529a028635b40fde1b8246616ef63c863a619d8e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.src.rpm SHA-256: 9698690fcef35515c80bb1fb920ec219fc6e1b3c959a1ef0971529082ca636c6
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76c804c25adbda0de167758af6428f9a199b22ac6948c6257df002851aa67ea6
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b59dcfc3a09ab97b64d44dbf13b5a1368cd9df63efe63f52ab944d941467291c
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 66e85e25bfb7195edf51d45b529a028635b40fde1b8246616ef63c863a619d8e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.src.rpm SHA-256: 9698690fcef35515c80bb1fb920ec219fc6e1b3c959a1ef0971529082ca636c6
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76c804c25adbda0de167758af6428f9a199b22ac6948c6257df002851aa67ea6
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b59dcfc3a09ab97b64d44dbf13b5a1368cd9df63efe63f52ab944d941467291c
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 66e85e25bfb7195edf51d45b529a028635b40fde1b8246616ef63c863a619d8e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.src.rpm SHA-256: 9698690fcef35515c80bb1fb920ec219fc6e1b3c959a1ef0971529082ca636c6
s390x
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fb4e11446880b56586f0e5cb5fd19603d7ad5d017603c887d70595f980da7953
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2a6658200b45b4288452b55b41cf9c27cc261c1a0c232a09d3ac1815f59c036b
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7aab1c65043f3a987dca8c1ee9c6e05d8693fc85bd2b4bc9d5517310701e71b9

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

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.src.rpm SHA-256: 9698690fcef35515c80bb1fb920ec219fc6e1b3c959a1ef0971529082ca636c6
s390x
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fb4e11446880b56586f0e5cb5fd19603d7ad5d017603c887d70595f980da7953
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2a6658200b45b4288452b55b41cf9c27cc261c1a0c232a09d3ac1815f59c036b
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7aab1c65043f3a987dca8c1ee9c6e05d8693fc85bd2b4bc9d5517310701e71b9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.src.rpm SHA-256: 9698690fcef35515c80bb1fb920ec219fc6e1b3c959a1ef0971529082ca636c6
ppc64le
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 28417f42a34db5d7a8a3173a8a623364b80b8ed885660eaadf88d026d5e85262
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9f67f3ba50ac950b31782a62a950151387a3a32b19c7b994bbb8a981c40021ad
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 24af1339e91a0e5a19b1cd4be0fbec1cfd7a495a799ff8fb0e5c853a2ab8eb59

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

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.src.rpm SHA-256: 9698690fcef35515c80bb1fb920ec219fc6e1b3c959a1ef0971529082ca636c6
ppc64le
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 28417f42a34db5d7a8a3173a8a623364b80b8ed885660eaadf88d026d5e85262
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9f67f3ba50ac950b31782a62a950151387a3a32b19c7b994bbb8a981c40021ad
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 24af1339e91a0e5a19b1cd4be0fbec1cfd7a495a799ff8fb0e5c853a2ab8eb59

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.src.rpm SHA-256: 9698690fcef35515c80bb1fb920ec219fc6e1b3c959a1ef0971529082ca636c6
aarch64
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: c9dd149867be24a7989c25b9e364eaf5dd1755ea1b26307e72e2d5c50156ac22
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: c4e4762e1f9033fce13caf7401361a834c0cf79c9f6307e25b1d4b9456a5566e
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 1de0f9792dc17383eb2d6b1280cfe16cb4547a22bab6643914c7a807a88a6a0e

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

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.src.rpm SHA-256: 9698690fcef35515c80bb1fb920ec219fc6e1b3c959a1ef0971529082ca636c6
aarch64
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: c9dd149867be24a7989c25b9e364eaf5dd1755ea1b26307e72e2d5c50156ac22
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: c4e4762e1f9033fce13caf7401361a834c0cf79c9f6307e25b1d4b9456a5566e
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 1de0f9792dc17383eb2d6b1280cfe16cb4547a22bab6643914c7a807a88a6a0e

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

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.src.rpm SHA-256: 9698690fcef35515c80bb1fb920ec219fc6e1b3c959a1ef0971529082ca636c6
ppc64le
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 28417f42a34db5d7a8a3173a8a623364b80b8ed885660eaadf88d026d5e85262
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 9f67f3ba50ac950b31782a62a950151387a3a32b19c7b994bbb8a981c40021ad
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 24af1339e91a0e5a19b1cd4be0fbec1cfd7a495a799ff8fb0e5c853a2ab8eb59

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

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.src.rpm SHA-256: 9698690fcef35515c80bb1fb920ec219fc6e1b3c959a1ef0971529082ca636c6
x86_64
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 76c804c25adbda0de167758af6428f9a199b22ac6948c6257df002851aa67ea6
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b59dcfc3a09ab97b64d44dbf13b5a1368cd9df63efe63f52ab944d941467291c
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 66e85e25bfb7195edf51d45b529a028635b40fde1b8246616ef63c863a619d8e

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

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.src.rpm SHA-256: 9698690fcef35515c80bb1fb920ec219fc6e1b3c959a1ef0971529082ca636c6
aarch64
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: c9dd149867be24a7989c25b9e364eaf5dd1755ea1b26307e72e2d5c50156ac22
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: c4e4762e1f9033fce13caf7401361a834c0cf79c9f6307e25b1d4b9456a5566e
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 1de0f9792dc17383eb2d6b1280cfe16cb4547a22bab6643914c7a807a88a6a0e

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

SRPM
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.src.rpm SHA-256: 9698690fcef35515c80bb1fb920ec219fc6e1b3c959a1ef0971529082ca636c6
s390x
kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.el9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fb4e11446880b56586f0e5cb5fd19603d7ad5d017603c887d70595f980da7953
kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.29-5.el9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 2a6658200b45b4288452b55b41cf9c27cc261c1a0c232a09d3ac1815f59c036b
kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.29-5.el9.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7aab1c65043f3a987dca8c1ee9c6e05d8693fc85bd2b4bc9d5517310701e71b9

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