- Issued:
- 2011-05-18
- Updated:
- 2011-05-18
RHBA-2011:0512 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
mcelog bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated mcelog package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The mcelog package contains a daemon that collects and decodes Machine Check
Exception (MCE) data on AMD64 and Intel 64 machines.
- On some systems, mcelog was able to read beyond the last page of the SMBIOS
tables. This caused a failure in the mmap() call, the "Cannot mmap SMBIOS
tables" error message was issued and the user was unable to run mcelog further.
Now, the range for the mmap() calls has been lowered and the bug no longer
occurs. (BZ#698122)
Users of mcelog are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this
bug.
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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 698122 - mcelog fails with Cannot mmap SMBIOS tables
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
mcelog-0.9pre-1.32.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9aa3778e399d8b0f09600a016c046fdaf2169fc63dfcd92e344f96e8ab9f8b20 |
x86_64 | |
mcelog-0.9pre-1.32.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b0e733e37d7fee1e356fbb7e984ff205735d9ea06da34adb7ce2a6a584e5e75e |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
mcelog-0.9pre-1.32.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9aa3778e399d8b0f09600a016c046fdaf2169fc63dfcd92e344f96e8ab9f8b20 |
x86_64 | |
mcelog-0.9pre-1.32.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b0e733e37d7fee1e356fbb7e984ff205735d9ea06da34adb7ce2a6a584e5e75e |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
mcelog-0.9pre-1.32.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9aa3778e399d8b0f09600a016c046fdaf2169fc63dfcd92e344f96e8ab9f8b20 |
x86_64 | |
mcelog-0.9pre-1.32.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b0e733e37d7fee1e356fbb7e984ff205735d9ea06da34adb7ce2a6a584e5e75e |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
mcelog-0.9pre-1.32.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9aa3778e399d8b0f09600a016c046fdaf2169fc63dfcd92e344f96e8ab9f8b20 |
x86_64 | |
mcelog-0.9pre-1.32.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b0e733e37d7fee1e356fbb7e984ff205735d9ea06da34adb7ce2a6a584e5e75e |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
mcelog-0.9pre-1.32.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9aa3778e399d8b0f09600a016c046fdaf2169fc63dfcd92e344f96e8ab9f8b20 |
x86_64 | |
mcelog-0.9pre-1.32.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b0e733e37d7fee1e356fbb7e984ff205735d9ea06da34adb7ce2a6a584e5e75e |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
mcelog-0.9pre-1.32.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9aa3778e399d8b0f09600a016c046fdaf2169fc63dfcd92e344f96e8ab9f8b20 |
x86_64 | |
mcelog-0.9pre-1.32.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b0e733e37d7fee1e356fbb7e984ff205735d9ea06da34adb7ce2a6a584e5e75e |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
mcelog-0.9pre-1.32.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9aa3778e399d8b0f09600a016c046fdaf2169fc63dfcd92e344f96e8ab9f8b20 |
x86_64 | |
mcelog-0.9pre-1.32.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b0e733e37d7fee1e356fbb7e984ff205735d9ea06da34adb7ce2a6a584e5e75e |
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