- Issued:
- 2008-07-24
- Updated:
- 2008-07-24
RHBA-2008:0756 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
module-init-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
An updated module-init-tools package that fixes a bug and adds various
enhancements is now available.
Description
module-init-tools is a kernel-related package that provides utilities for
automatically loading and unloading drivers, as well as finding out about
drivers that are installed on a given Red Hat Enterprise Linux system.
This updated module-init-tools package provides fixes for a bug in which
module-init-tools would ignore directories named "weak-updates" when
processing kernel modules. This has been resolved.
In addition, this updated package provides the following enhancements:
- module-init-tools now alphabetically sorts module lists when generating
module metadata. The result of this is predictable module-loading whenever
two device drivers exist which both report to provide support for the same
device.
- module-init-tools can now use module priorities as they exist in the
official, latest module-init-tools releases. Consequently, it is now
possible to explicitly control whether a Red Hat-supplied or third-party
driver will take priority on the running system.
Users are advised to upgrade to this updated module-init-tools package,
which fixes this bug and adds these enhancements.
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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 392701 - module-init-tools fails to process directories named "weak-updates"
- BZ - 399491 - backport module ordering priorities from upstream/RHEL5
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.src.rpm | SHA-256: 52bb6d9c92472b46eb9c0c5035774e343f6e4d9e85e834683b452d89ea708184 |
x86_64 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 503d2619999c6cd45d1b58400159e83715dbc0b437b197041d4ca9f079be5a78 |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 503d2619999c6cd45d1b58400159e83715dbc0b437b197041d4ca9f079be5a78 |
ia64 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 909ca90f1e5c96ad374381a46f0b277398ed59837285ee50fd094acb32befdf4 |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 909ca90f1e5c96ad374381a46f0b277398ed59837285ee50fd094acb32befdf4 |
i386 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0ec18feb240e48dc2c234e0342fc925fc05f0ec8937396bf07dbb1f427c23ab1 |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0ec18feb240e48dc2c234e0342fc925fc05f0ec8937396bf07dbb1f427c23ab1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.src.rpm | SHA-256: 52bb6d9c92472b46eb9c0c5035774e343f6e4d9e85e834683b452d89ea708184 |
x86_64 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 503d2619999c6cd45d1b58400159e83715dbc0b437b197041d4ca9f079be5a78 |
ia64 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 909ca90f1e5c96ad374381a46f0b277398ed59837285ee50fd094acb32befdf4 |
i386 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0ec18feb240e48dc2c234e0342fc925fc05f0ec8937396bf07dbb1f427c23ab1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.src.rpm | SHA-256: 52bb6d9c92472b46eb9c0c5035774e343f6e4d9e85e834683b452d89ea708184 |
x86_64 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 503d2619999c6cd45d1b58400159e83715dbc0b437b197041d4ca9f079be5a78 |
i386 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 0ec18feb240e48dc2c234e0342fc925fc05f0ec8937396bf07dbb1f427c23ab1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.src.rpm | SHA-256: 52bb6d9c92472b46eb9c0c5035774e343f6e4d9e85e834683b452d89ea708184 |
s390x | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: f975046dd3dc244e1f2e75c52a7f8dae9b23f4d394b107127d9b0cd89dbe3815 |
s390 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 9582636b1ee28a561a18e18d78b0f33850fbac9aec32d38a2330f4e5a3421e32 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.src.rpm | SHA-256: 52bb6d9c92472b46eb9c0c5035774e343f6e4d9e85e834683b452d89ea708184 |
ppc | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.10.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: d551ed3027caf561ba5b03983209db18c4295f0cd2f2383e92d278df36883f6a |
The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.