- Issued:
- 2007-11-15
- Updated:
- 2007-11-15
RHBA-2007:0804 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
binutils bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated binutils packages that fix a bug and add enhancements are now
available.
Description
Binutils is a collection of utilities used for the creation of executable
code.
These updated packages fix the following bug:
- a linker bug with "--emit-relocs" on PowerPC architectures caused a
segmentation fault in executables when using the "-Wl,-q" compiler
options.
This update also adds the following enhancements:
- support for AMD SSE4a and ABM instructions and Intel SSE4 instructions.
All users of binutils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which resolves this issue and adds these enhancements.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6a42d7d72a6efc4d00ad01682976a9125fad0150804c98e9efd2da70240deac5 |
x86_64 | |
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8d5c932ea4f5fbc34d26d4602236b93ca6b25fdca896d9f07a293f5fd720bb18 |
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8d5c932ea4f5fbc34d26d4602236b93ca6b25fdca896d9f07a293f5fd720bb18 |
ia64 | |
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 4ab41741c6474456986af16ac95f456259bec436185749be0ab85fbba343fccb |
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 4ab41741c6474456986af16ac95f456259bec436185749be0ab85fbba343fccb |
i386 | |
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7a787c58e3d9236b709a2bb8ba6ef7151ad15cb9e7f4a1ae1e3354152aca3041 |
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7a787c58e3d9236b709a2bb8ba6ef7151ad15cb9e7f4a1ae1e3354152aca3041 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6a42d7d72a6efc4d00ad01682976a9125fad0150804c98e9efd2da70240deac5 |
x86_64 | |
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8d5c932ea4f5fbc34d26d4602236b93ca6b25fdca896d9f07a293f5fd720bb18 |
ia64 | |
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 4ab41741c6474456986af16ac95f456259bec436185749be0ab85fbba343fccb |
i386 | |
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7a787c58e3d9236b709a2bb8ba6ef7151ad15cb9e7f4a1ae1e3354152aca3041 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6a42d7d72a6efc4d00ad01682976a9125fad0150804c98e9efd2da70240deac5 |
x86_64 | |
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 8d5c932ea4f5fbc34d26d4602236b93ca6b25fdca896d9f07a293f5fd720bb18 |
i386 | |
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7a787c58e3d9236b709a2bb8ba6ef7151ad15cb9e7f4a1ae1e3354152aca3041 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6a42d7d72a6efc4d00ad01682976a9125fad0150804c98e9efd2da70240deac5 |
s390x | |
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: ba5bd464dd7aed5117a487099b5479d02cec1974934b9d1f6456dcf330843ea1 |
s390 | |
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 16610ac892221f5c939c829300f24aa14ce7362e869df812421afd213fd9b66d |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.src.rpm | SHA-256: 6a42d7d72a6efc4d00ad01682976a9125fad0150804c98e9efd2da70240deac5 |
ppc | |
binutils-2.15.92.0.2-24.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 2da87350301d2e0ffa7549944194d72ccad36127cabad3f20e9f63b59f563bfe |
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