- Issued:
- 2007-11-15
- Updated:
- 2007-11-15
RHBA-2007:0835 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
mkinitrd bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated mkinitrd packages that fix various bugs are now available.
Description
The mkinitrd utility creates file system images for use as initial ramdisk
(initrd) images.
This updated version of mkinitrd addresses the following issues:
- mkinitrd caused out-of-memory errors on some systems.
- Running the command "mkinitrd --without-usb" did not stop USB modules
from being loaded at boot time. The behavior of "withusb" has been changed,
so that it only runs if explicitly set.
- nash did not support options containing spaces within quotation marks.
- The opreport man page previously stated "-l" as the shortcut option for
"--long-filenames". This has been updated to reflect the correct shortcut
option: "-f".
- Spelling and grammar errors in the grubby man page have been corrected.
All users of mkinitrd should apply this update, which resolves these issues.
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
- BZ - 230605 - Typos in grubby man page
- BZ - 240777 - nash support for spaces in kernel command line
- BZ - 246069 - --without-usb doesn't work as expected.
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.src.rpm | SHA-256: e56921fc901fd88f36c5171743758fdcfad7e69c3567021e163de466af9025ec |
x86_64 | |
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1a6b268dfc610df1246faeb72f1df48687bf714d0da8729ac3a1848a1a65fffd |
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1a6b268dfc610df1246faeb72f1df48687bf714d0da8729ac3a1848a1a65fffd |
ia64 | |
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: f9a987645760eb6ad3ff6af1676edaf5ee4156aae3507c344df0bd1b6755acab |
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: f9a987645760eb6ad3ff6af1676edaf5ee4156aae3507c344df0bd1b6755acab |
i386 | |
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7034f0e28be785a134eab38d7c1f184c896681050a8acab07f4134e41bd4a44e |
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7034f0e28be785a134eab38d7c1f184c896681050a8acab07f4134e41bd4a44e |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.src.rpm | SHA-256: e56921fc901fd88f36c5171743758fdcfad7e69c3567021e163de466af9025ec |
x86_64 | |
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1a6b268dfc610df1246faeb72f1df48687bf714d0da8729ac3a1848a1a65fffd |
ia64 | |
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: f9a987645760eb6ad3ff6af1676edaf5ee4156aae3507c344df0bd1b6755acab |
i386 | |
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7034f0e28be785a134eab38d7c1f184c896681050a8acab07f4134e41bd4a44e |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.src.rpm | SHA-256: e56921fc901fd88f36c5171743758fdcfad7e69c3567021e163de466af9025ec |
x86_64 | |
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1a6b268dfc610df1246faeb72f1df48687bf714d0da8729ac3a1848a1a65fffd |
i386 | |
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7034f0e28be785a134eab38d7c1f184c896681050a8acab07f4134e41bd4a44e |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.src.rpm | SHA-256: e56921fc901fd88f36c5171743758fdcfad7e69c3567021e163de466af9025ec |
s390x | |
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: b228ffb0646c6a05c9bd21297c4c8b4543af976e2661c4cc681b58395580ce41 |
s390 | |
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 57244a95c12cab8331e7e73b555ea331d729ef678dd97e6f19188c1f582c1bff |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.src.rpm | SHA-256: e56921fc901fd88f36c5171743758fdcfad7e69c3567021e163de466af9025ec |
ppc | |
mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: dc4c4f08835feb41961f25b00e6aa3c5a576052607ddd60df4a23ac581b08352 |
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