- Issued:
- 2015-07-22
- Updated:
- 2015-07-22
RHBA-2015:1416 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
rng-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
Updated rng-tools packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The rng-tools packages contain the random number generator user space utilities,
such as the rngd daemon.
The rng-tools packages have been upgraded to upstream version 5, which provides
a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
Notably, this update enables the RDRAND and RDSEED hardware random number
generator instructions on supported Intel x86- and Intel 64-based EM64T and
AMD64 CPU models. (BZ#833620)
Users of rng-tools are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add these enhancements.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb |
x86_64 | |
rng-tools-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f8f794b64a5691d711bb9db17f14d88ea85b2526a47dddd0bc92cb140620dce0 |
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b24b1204c6772a3f0fdbea68743b3681002791a8804ef2e38ec4aeb9bcbc505b |
i386 | |
rng-tools-5-1.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 885c0e6a30e9302de7b8420514fae076eec4f51cb0774414aae07f228381fdc1 |
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 6a146964bd2f17f53f1009b23cdecd53c127d4547d1c569c0999d65272ba3e2f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb |
x86_64 | |
rng-tools-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f8f794b64a5691d711bb9db17f14d88ea85b2526a47dddd0bc92cb140620dce0 |
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b24b1204c6772a3f0fdbea68743b3681002791a8804ef2e38ec4aeb9bcbc505b |
i386 | |
rng-tools-5-1.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 885c0e6a30e9302de7b8420514fae076eec4f51cb0774414aae07f228381fdc1 |
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 6a146964bd2f17f53f1009b23cdecd53c127d4547d1c569c0999d65272ba3e2f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb |
x86_64 | |
rng-tools-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f8f794b64a5691d711bb9db17f14d88ea85b2526a47dddd0bc92cb140620dce0 |
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b24b1204c6772a3f0fdbea68743b3681002791a8804ef2e38ec4aeb9bcbc505b |
i386 | |
rng-tools-5-1.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 885c0e6a30e9302de7b8420514fae076eec4f51cb0774414aae07f228381fdc1 |
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 6a146964bd2f17f53f1009b23cdecd53c127d4547d1c569c0999d65272ba3e2f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb |
x86_64 | |
rng-tools-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f8f794b64a5691d711bb9db17f14d88ea85b2526a47dddd0bc92cb140620dce0 |
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b24b1204c6772a3f0fdbea68743b3681002791a8804ef2e38ec4aeb9bcbc505b |
i386 | |
rng-tools-5-1.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 885c0e6a30e9302de7b8420514fae076eec4f51cb0774414aae07f228381fdc1 |
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 6a146964bd2f17f53f1009b23cdecd53c127d4547d1c569c0999d65272ba3e2f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb |
s390x | |
rng-tools-5-1.el6.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: f523798e2ab240612d3de61c373072b609909639899bfcd99df1449c56d5b799 |
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: e24a049957cf8432ffe8ff0cec4947e6a3f1096930feef835e598260c82fc7d4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb |
ppc64 | |
rng-tools-5-1.el6.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 6f78311c1476899debace4da8e8df61c6bc2307bb9971d3b8817bab24baba30a |
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 5636eb2c4e13334657670263b699a99ab3aadbe91c121c9dd6dc2e20be6db4bd |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb |
x86_64 | |
rng-tools-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f8f794b64a5691d711bb9db17f14d88ea85b2526a47dddd0bc92cb140620dce0 |
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b24b1204c6772a3f0fdbea68743b3681002791a8804ef2e38ec4aeb9bcbc505b |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb |
x86_64 | |
rng-tools-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f8f794b64a5691d711bb9db17f14d88ea85b2526a47dddd0bc92cb140620dce0 |
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b24b1204c6772a3f0fdbea68743b3681002791a8804ef2e38ec4aeb9bcbc505b |
i386 | |
rng-tools-5-1.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 885c0e6a30e9302de7b8420514fae076eec4f51cb0774414aae07f228381fdc1 |
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 6a146964bd2f17f53f1009b23cdecd53c127d4547d1c569c0999d65272ba3e2f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb |
s390x | |
rng-tools-5-1.el6.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: f523798e2ab240612d3de61c373072b609909639899bfcd99df1449c56d5b799 |
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: e24a049957cf8432ffe8ff0cec4947e6a3f1096930feef835e598260c82fc7d4 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
rng-tools-5-1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: cad7b55510310a18721346fa60996347a4f4f98f5f29bc40f2a08223226dc1bb |
x86_64 | |
rng-tools-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f8f794b64a5691d711bb9db17f14d88ea85b2526a47dddd0bc92cb140620dce0 |
rng-tools-debuginfo-5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b24b1204c6772a3f0fdbea68743b3681002791a8804ef2e38ec4aeb9bcbc505b |
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