kexec-tools bug fix update

Advisory:	RHBA-2008:0829-3
Type:	Bug Fix Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2008-08-11
Last updated on:	2008-08-11
Affected Products:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL:	N/A

Details

An updated kexec-tools package that fixes a bug is now available.

The kexec-tools package provides tools that facilitate a new kernel to boot
using the Linux kernel kexec feature, either on a normal or a panic reboot.

On Intel Itanium-based systems, in certain situations, when "makedumpfile"
was configured as a "core_collector" in "/etc/kdump.conf", makedumpfile
may have corrupted vmcores. When analyzing such vmcores with the crash
utility, running the "bt" command may have caused a "bt: unwind: failed to
locate return link" error.

Users of kexec-tools are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.

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 (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
kexec-tools-1.102pre-21.el5_2.2.src.rpm	`97b7fd961bd7e51c92a7318c21dd034f`

IA-32:
kexec-tools-1.102pre-21.el5_2.2.i386.rpm	`98f2dd6e90b036bf466a4a8c09e8dd42`

IA-64:
kexec-tools-1.102pre-21.el5_2.2.ia64.rpm	`73f23abc5926dbfb5b84f93b9c350b52`

PPC:
kexec-tools-1.102pre-21.el5_2.2.ppc64.rpm	`58b3eff1032468d4fef6e0fedba671a1`

s390x:
kexec-tools-1.102pre-21.el5_2.2.s390x.rpm	`f4b2551fcaa12a9b3329304cf06d38ee`

x86_64:
kexec-tools-1.102pre-21.el5_2.2.x86_64.rpm	`0dc784043fb8c7d3617c18fd0b0dd801`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
kexec-tools-1.102pre-21.el5_2.2.src.rpm	`97b7fd961bd7e51c92a7318c21dd034f`

IA-32:
kexec-tools-1.102pre-21.el5_2.2.i386.rpm	`98f2dd6e90b036bf466a4a8c09e8dd42`

x86_64:
kexec-tools-1.102pre-21.el5_2.2.x86_64.rpm	`0dc784043fb8c7d3617c18fd0b0dd801`

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

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

457233 - [RHEL5.2] makedumpfile corrupts vmcore on ia64: crash's bt fails to unwind

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