- Issued:
- 2006-03-15
- Updated:
- 2006-03-15
RHBA-2006:0063 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
libaio bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated libaio packages that fix a bug on Itanium are now available.
Description
The Linux-native asynchronous I/O facility ("async I/O", or "aio") has a
richer API and capability set than the simple POSIX async I/O facility.
This library, libaio, provides the Linux-native API for async I/O. The
POSIX async I/O facility requires this library in order to provide
kernel-accelerated async I/O capabilities, as do applications that require
the Linux-native async I/O API.
This update fixes a bug that caused processes to end abnormally (SIGSEGV)
when opening 'libaio.so' by using dlopen() on Itanium systems.
Users of libaio on Itanium systems should upgrade to these updated
packages, which resolve this issue.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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