- Issued:
- 2011-07-21
- Updated:
- 2011-07-21
RHBA-2011:0993 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
yaboot bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated yaboot package that fixes three bugs is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The yaboot package provides a boot loader for Open Firmware based PowerPC
systems. It can be used to boot IBM eServer System p machines.
This update fixes the following bugs:
- Prior to this update, the /etc/yaboot.conf parser failed during install when
the quoted string was too long. This update modifies the code to significantly
extend the size of quoted strings. Now, the /etc/yaboot.conf file parses as
expected. (BZ#579834)
- Prior to this update, attempting to load a kernel with the CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
option failed with the error message that no valid ELF image was found. With
this update, the underlying code has been modified to allow this format. Now,
relocatable kernel images can be loaded as expected. (BZ#645756)
- Prior to this update, the boot prompt caused characters to disappear when the
label name was pasted in. This updated package corrects the boot prompt. Now,
even very long names can be pasted in. (BZ#659403)
All users of yaboot are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
these bugs.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the 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 for Power, big endian 5 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 579834 - RHEL5 PPC - long append='...' causes yaboot to reject entire yaboot.conf (MAX_TOKEN too small)
- BZ - 645756 - Impossible to boot relocatable kernel.
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
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yaboot-1.3.13-12.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 68bf561c41cf919e8a9ba61109e6c84604aa5ecd826e5e9c36a796680c42c7d6 |
ppc | |
yaboot-1.3.13-12.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 32e83b06a9abe6459515fd4591025356f1171c42ea57c2b61a919a9a0c97afa3 |
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