RHEA-2013:0485 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated kabi-whitelists packages that add various enhancements are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The kabi-whitelists packages contain 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 long-term use by third-party
loadable device drivers, as well as for other purposes.

• A number of symbols have been added to the kernel ABI whitelists. Space

precludes listing all of these symbols in this advisory. Users are directed to
the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Technical Notes for a complete list of these
symbols. (BZ#849732, BZ#864893, BZ#826795, BZ#831247, BZ#902825)

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.4_Technical_Notes/kabi-whitelists.html#RHEA-2013-0485

• A kernel checker tool (KSC) has been added to the kabi-whitelists packages.

(BZ#869353)

Users of kabi-whitelists are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
add 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

Fixes

• BZ - 831247 - Submitting Oracle Cloud File System White List for RHEL6.4

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.4_Technical_Notes/kabi-whitelists.html#RHEA-2013-0485