RHEA-2012:0918 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An updated kabi-whitelists package that adds various enhancements is now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The kabi-whitelists package contains reference files documenting interfaces
provided by the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel that are considered to be
stable by Red Hat engineering, and safe for longer term use by third-party
loadable device drivers, as well as for other purposes.

This update adds the following enhancements:

• Multiple symbols have been added to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 kernel

application binary interface (ABI) whitelists. (BZ#722619)

• Multiple symbols for Hitachi loadable device drivers have been added to the

kernel ABI whitelists. (BZ#737276)

• This update modifies the structure of the kabi-whitelists package: whitelists

are now ordered according to various Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases, and a
symbolic link that points to the latest release has been added. (BZ#753771)

• The "__dec_zone_page_state" and "dec_zone_page_state" symbols have been added

to the kernel ABI whitelists. (BZ#803885)

• The "blk_queue_rq_timed_out", "fc_attach_transport", "fc_release_transport",

"fc_remote_port_add", "fc_remote_port_delete", "fc_remote_port_rolechg",
"fc_remove_host", and "touch_nmi_watchdog" symbols have been added to the kernel
ABI whitelists. (BZ#810456)

• Multiple symbols for Oracle Cloud File System have been added to the kernel

ABI whitelists. (BZ#812463)

• The "get_fs_type" and "vscnprintf" have been added to the kernel ABI

whitelists. (BZ#816533)

All users of kabi-whitelists are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which adds these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 753771 - Update of the kabi whitelists package to the new structure
• BZ - 812463 - Submitting Updated Oracle Cloud File System White List

CVEs

(none)

References

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