- Issued:
- 2008-05-21
- Updated:
- 2008-05-21
RHBA-2008:0386 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
module-init-tools bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated module-init-tools package that fixes several bugs and adds an
enhancements is now available.
Description
module-init-tools is a kernel-related package that provides utilities for
automatically loading and unloading drivers, as well as finding out about
drivers that are installed on a given Red Hat Enterprise Linux system.
This updated package fixes the following bugs:
- a bug in module override parsing for the "override" option in
"/etc/depmod.d/depmod.conf.dist" may have caused a segmentation fault.
For example, adding the "override" or "override kmp" options to
"/etc/depmod.d/depmod.conf.dist", and then running the "depmod -ae"
command, may have resulted in a segmentation fault.
- running the "/sbin/weak-modules --help" command displayed the
"-dry-run" option. The correct option is "--dry-run". Running the
"/sbin/weak-modules --help" command now displays the correct option.
As well, this updated package adds the following enhancement:
- modules are now stored alphabetically before dependency information is
written to disk. This means module ordering is now deterministic in
situations where multiple drivers support the same device. In these
situations, the driver whose name appears first alphabetically in the
"/lib/modules/[kernel-version]/modules.*" files will be chosen.
All users of module-init-tools are advised to upgrade to this updated
package, which resolves these issues and adds this enhancement.
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 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 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 Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 254141 - /sbin/weak-modules invalid "-dry-run" option
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: de35756fb2cc5c935515a7ad1a45db03cac66c80feac29b586415887371425b5 |
x86_64 | |
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 0b11de015536a8efa921052807c617d28c28c3aeb90ae5466204019bc9ace473 |
ia64 | |
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 91c5e66b033f3e093534b7261eb4a3d067857bb888ad138138663c0e7c7219b6 |
i386 | |
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7f183ef1bbd4b2375e61091fee06bfcc5ff7150931064f5ca79f993c46c31672 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: de35756fb2cc5c935515a7ad1a45db03cac66c80feac29b586415887371425b5 |
x86_64 | |
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 0b11de015536a8efa921052807c617d28c28c3aeb90ae5466204019bc9ace473 |
i386 | |
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7f183ef1bbd4b2375e61091fee06bfcc5ff7150931064f5ca79f993c46c31672 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: de35756fb2cc5c935515a7ad1a45db03cac66c80feac29b586415887371425b5 |
x86_64 | |
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 0b11de015536a8efa921052807c617d28c28c3aeb90ae5466204019bc9ace473 |
i386 | |
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7f183ef1bbd4b2375e61091fee06bfcc5ff7150931064f5ca79f993c46c31672 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: de35756fb2cc5c935515a7ad1a45db03cac66c80feac29b586415887371425b5 |
s390x | |
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 6d13443441028adc6e3312309b3c1381ddab07f1535a7e8271b5e63692728725 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: de35756fb2cc5c935515a7ad1a45db03cac66c80feac29b586415887371425b5 |
ppc | |
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: e4ab30a75e46e0cb6a329cc224da7a47eb4f22ea61f4b81737ee23bea5808091 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: de35756fb2cc5c935515a7ad1a45db03cac66c80feac29b586415887371425b5 |
x86_64 | |
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 0b11de015536a8efa921052807c617d28c28c3aeb90ae5466204019bc9ace473 |
i386 | |
module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.37.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 7f183ef1bbd4b2375e61091fee06bfcc5ff7150931064f5ca79f993c46c31672 |
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