kernel bug fix update

Advisory:	RHBA-2008:0570-6
Type:	Bug Fix Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2008-07-07
Last updated on:	2008-07-07
Affected Products:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.5.z) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.5.z)
OVAL:	N/A

Details

Updated kernel packages that fix various bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4.5.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.

These updated packages fix the following bugs:

* certain processors allow APIC IDs of 16 and greater. On certain
multi-socket systems that use an extended apicid field, the kernel may have
cut off all but the lower 4 bits of the APIC ID, causing a kernel hang
(failure to boot).

* a possible kernel hang on hugemem systems, due to a bug in NFS, which may
have caused systems to become unresponsive, has been resolved.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which contain backported patches to resolve 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

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.5.z)

SRPMS:
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`b9f29e0ddaec7ebf5177b94853d72b0a`

IA-32:
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`4d6085e4f40ce7b6ec5c8ca71ff20833`
kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`c544c15a8ef30e35f693f2dc54fd67e1`
kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`37b6491d995e28c3ec68e6513e0e5e6a`
kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`fa18c4601b4237cbb63f068d9363db2d`
kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`995986fe42130763639949bbe549ba5c`
kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`2b770e78e1cb4b9e963f83ab9b208dab`
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`05fc10086d2cb74a2ea5d02a5bba6381`
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`966c6270bf37f09d90217446a1a9ae00`
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`a4f205bece9770b88e0f6204b13387eb`

IA-64:
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`cbefda896ffe6e40b61badb665107e40`
kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`231643e8fec390508c01bcf5af64528f`
kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`37b6491d995e28c3ec68e6513e0e5e6a`
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`e34ddc915b6d48dec7d8f58910c2d1b9`
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`a0219440547f96ae0f89977ed5d44226`

PPC:
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`d53f7fe06f945956f3fab6f938f70ba9`
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`b6f2f9009e2a704165bd85103a3d36bb`
kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`d5ac606ced25e3ecbb18e2292b22a083`
kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`d4cd745f100a2dd7d8e86b5dfc0e1126`
kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`37b6491d995e28c3ec68e6513e0e5e6a`
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`5e0f7903145429e5f1f3ed0233587336`
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.ppc64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`15cf8251570ee1e55f1d4fc2d7a4598d`

s390:
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`25317c83838ca52dc3259e7abcfb37a8`
kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.s390.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`7c9e7b6338dc4f25f9eaef750334012c`
kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`37b6491d995e28c3ec68e6513e0e5e6a`

s390x:
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`f1a0a408afb96198e1de017222a81a58`
kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.s390x.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`2e99ee11d77e6b35985d96bd978c5565`
kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`37b6491d995e28c3ec68e6513e0e5e6a`

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`eaec61f3021bc9fca14c57447fc55b48`
kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`f79c2dba88d5499cb42efa66715b5dc1`
kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`37b6491d995e28c3ec68e6513e0e5e6a`
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`559d838f922b7d92f3ecc2a39f7fa8c4`
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`be5f292acd0bbd3c7112ec65a73132d9`
kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`ca9ba1de672491916792c6bd7b0aaa0f`
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`6c62fe30570256cd263831fc154d71c1`
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`06c36f57a70d81c7d731c6a06e1a2d46`
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`fa419b72f346c406e9ec6da846e4202e`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.5.z)

SRPMS:
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.src.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`b9f29e0ddaec7ebf5177b94853d72b0a`

IA-32:
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`4d6085e4f40ce7b6ec5c8ca71ff20833`
kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`c544c15a8ef30e35f693f2dc54fd67e1`
kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`37b6491d995e28c3ec68e6513e0e5e6a`
kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`fa18c4601b4237cbb63f068d9363db2d`
kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`995986fe42130763639949bbe549ba5c`
kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`2b770e78e1cb4b9e963f83ab9b208dab`
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`05fc10086d2cb74a2ea5d02a5bba6381`
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`966c6270bf37f09d90217446a1a9ae00`
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.i686.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`a4f205bece9770b88e0f6204b13387eb`

IA-64:
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`cbefda896ffe6e40b61badb665107e40`
kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`231643e8fec390508c01bcf5af64528f`
kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`37b6491d995e28c3ec68e6513e0e5e6a`
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`e34ddc915b6d48dec7d8f58910c2d1b9`
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.ia64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`a0219440547f96ae0f89977ed5d44226`

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`eaec61f3021bc9fca14c57447fc55b48`
kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`f79c2dba88d5499cb42efa66715b5dc1`
kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.noarch.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`37b6491d995e28c3ec68e6513e0e5e6a`
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`559d838f922b7d92f3ecc2a39f7fa8c4`
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`be5f292acd0bbd3c7112ec65a73132d9`
kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`ca9ba1de672491916792c6bd7b0aaa0f`
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`6c62fe30570256cd263831fc154d71c1`
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`06c36f57a70d81c7d731c6a06e1a2d46`
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm File outdated by: RHBA-2008:0846	`fa419b72f346c406e9ec6da846e4202e`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

448358 - [RHEL 4.7] i386: fix 4 bit apicid assumption
450183 - [RHEL 4] cffimtgsaslx08 hung

References

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_42_11697.shtm

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