- Issued:
- 2010-11-01
- Updated:
- 2010-11-01
RHBA-2010:0815 - 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 a bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The yaboot package is 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 bug:
- Prior to this update, attempting to load a kernel with the CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
option enabled failed with the following error:
/vmlinuz: Not a valid ELF image
This option changes the ELF file format to ET_DYN. With this update, the
underlying code has been modified to allow this format, and relocatable kernel
images can now be loaded as expected. (BZ#647777)
All users of yaboot are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.
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 for Power, big endian 5 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 647777 - Impossible to boot relocatable kernel.
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
yaboot-1.3.13-10.el5_5.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9e1cdd3b166c5747e0af0288403ff38706b2a30c2be728a97c816ae8b993b0ff |
ppc | |
yaboot-1.3.13-10.el5_5.1.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 5261abf946e61aa16f61bf120f7ff062aab2a5a75cbc63e1594c9757d0f73669 |
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