Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2011:0146 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Issued:
2011-01-13
Updated:
2011-01-13

RHEA-2011:0146 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Synopsis

kexec-tools enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

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Topic

An updated kexec-tools package that adds one enhancement is now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

kexec-tools provides the /sbin/kexec binary that facilitates a new kernel to
boot using the kernel's kexec feature either on a normal or a panic reboot. This
package contains the /sbin/kexec binary and ancillary utilities that together
form the userspace component of the kernel's kexec feature.

This update adds the following enhancement:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 now fully supports the ext4 filesystem, but kdump

fails to dump the vmcore on ext4 filesystems. This update adds support to the
ext4 filesystem so that users can dump the vmcore to an ext4 filesystem.

All users are advised to upgrade to this updated kexec-tools package, which adds
this enhancement. (BZ#667966)

Solution

Inlude fsck.ext4 binary into kdump initrd, and check ext4 filesystem during
init.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.6 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 i386

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7c5d92d2c61b3293d0a705f6b6724884f5814343be9d2f39da693ea99182d7fb
x86_64
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1572e4c9d6d3561f4a6a0c19754818159da55f89b6e7af6a383e5927f35346ad
ia64
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 738ec480d6b370ddf8ad00e40a7de79e7909ef2173bb4837d8ce61f0501d06cd
i386
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 42b8af620db3fccbb73df4e06d402de5cd02c1033419fdbb70bec5e8b573b75c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7c5d92d2c61b3293d0a705f6b6724884f5814343be9d2f39da693ea99182d7fb
x86_64
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1572e4c9d6d3561f4a6a0c19754818159da55f89b6e7af6a383e5927f35346ad
ia64
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 738ec480d6b370ddf8ad00e40a7de79e7909ef2173bb4837d8ce61f0501d06cd
i386
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 42b8af620db3fccbb73df4e06d402de5cd02c1033419fdbb70bec5e8b573b75c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7c5d92d2c61b3293d0a705f6b6724884f5814343be9d2f39da693ea99182d7fb
x86_64
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1572e4c9d6d3561f4a6a0c19754818159da55f89b6e7af6a383e5927f35346ad
ia64
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 738ec480d6b370ddf8ad00e40a7de79e7909ef2173bb4837d8ce61f0501d06cd
i386
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 42b8af620db3fccbb73df4e06d402de5cd02c1033419fdbb70bec5e8b573b75c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7c5d92d2c61b3293d0a705f6b6724884f5814343be9d2f39da693ea99182d7fb
x86_64
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1572e4c9d6d3561f4a6a0c19754818159da55f89b6e7af6a383e5927f35346ad
i386
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 42b8af620db3fccbb73df4e06d402de5cd02c1033419fdbb70bec5e8b573b75c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7c5d92d2c61b3293d0a705f6b6724884f5814343be9d2f39da693ea99182d7fb
x86_64
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1572e4c9d6d3561f4a6a0c19754818159da55f89b6e7af6a383e5927f35346ad
i386
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 42b8af620db3fccbb73df4e06d402de5cd02c1033419fdbb70bec5e8b573b75c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7c5d92d2c61b3293d0a705f6b6724884f5814343be9d2f39da693ea99182d7fb
s390x
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 358456333ebdbf54c39b631ac35e5f4984604d02be0e2261a6146572a81068c3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7c5d92d2c61b3293d0a705f6b6724884f5814343be9d2f39da693ea99182d7fb
s390x
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 358456333ebdbf54c39b631ac35e5f4984604d02be0e2261a6146572a81068c3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7c5d92d2c61b3293d0a705f6b6724884f5814343be9d2f39da693ea99182d7fb
ppc
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: daf82a609c61c0c257a52d0bf307de5aa38b83a621442a88bd40fa3c6354a486

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7c5d92d2c61b3293d0a705f6b6724884f5814343be9d2f39da693ea99182d7fb
ppc
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: daf82a609c61c0c257a52d0bf307de5aa38b83a621442a88bd40fa3c6354a486

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7c5d92d2c61b3293d0a705f6b6724884f5814343be9d2f39da693ea99182d7fb
x86_64
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1572e4c9d6d3561f4a6a0c19754818159da55f89b6e7af6a383e5927f35346ad
i386
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 42b8af620db3fccbb73df4e06d402de5cd02c1033419fdbb70bec5e8b573b75c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6

SRPM
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.src.rpm SHA-256: 7c5d92d2c61b3293d0a705f6b6724884f5814343be9d2f39da693ea99182d7fb
x86_64
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1572e4c9d6d3561f4a6a0c19754818159da55f89b6e7af6a383e5927f35346ad
i386
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 42b8af620db3fccbb73df4e06d402de5cd02c1033419fdbb70bec5e8b573b75c

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