- Issued:
- 2011-03-25
- Updated:
- 2011-03-25
RHBA-2011:0382 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
kexec-tools bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated kexec-tools package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5 Extended Update Support.
Description
The kexec fastboot mechanism allows booting a Linux kernel from the context of
an already running kernel. The kexec-tools package provides the /sbin/kexec
binary and ancillary utilities that form the user-space component of the
kernel's kexec feature.
This update fixes the following bug:
- On certain hardware, the kexec kernel incorrectly attempted to use a reserved
memory range, and failed to boot with an error. This update adapts the
underlying source code to determine the size of a backup region dynamically. As
a result, kexec no longer attempts to use the reserved memory range, and boots
as expected. (BZ#682085)
All users of kexec-tools are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
fixes this bug.
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 Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.6 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.6 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
Fixes
- BZ - 682085 - kexec kernel crashes due to use of reserved memory range
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 1d3e432bbc6d80dd338317c1f64678a79df84b89d75e8701451562fc06e92044 |
x86_64 | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fa06321b9a2d6277d63561e8478994387c64bfa2030b8c765b50a2ea62de48af |
ia64 | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: af270d6117487f3ae5832a284bda5e9c0009e61578151160c957d0d47dcf91ee |
i386 | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c11d622e7fd853032f4381fe710399cc8dd68a00ae3246a358545a6072c1e2e1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 1d3e432bbc6d80dd338317c1f64678a79df84b89d75e8701451562fc06e92044 |
x86_64 | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fa06321b9a2d6277d63561e8478994387c64bfa2030b8c765b50a2ea62de48af |
ia64 | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: af270d6117487f3ae5832a284bda5e9c0009e61578151160c957d0d47dcf91ee |
i386 | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c11d622e7fd853032f4381fe710399cc8dd68a00ae3246a358545a6072c1e2e1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 1d3e432bbc6d80dd338317c1f64678a79df84b89d75e8701451562fc06e92044 |
ia64 | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: af270d6117487f3ae5832a284bda5e9c0009e61578151160c957d0d47dcf91ee |
x86_64 | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fa06321b9a2d6277d63561e8478994387c64bfa2030b8c765b50a2ea62de48af |
i386 | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c11d622e7fd853032f4381fe710399cc8dd68a00ae3246a358545a6072c1e2e1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 1d3e432bbc6d80dd338317c1f64678a79df84b89d75e8701451562fc06e92044 |
x86_64 | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fa06321b9a2d6277d63561e8478994387c64bfa2030b8c765b50a2ea62de48af |
i386 | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c11d622e7fd853032f4381fe710399cc8dd68a00ae3246a358545a6072c1e2e1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 1d3e432bbc6d80dd338317c1f64678a79df84b89d75e8701451562fc06e92044 |
x86_64 | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fa06321b9a2d6277d63561e8478994387c64bfa2030b8c765b50a2ea62de48af |
i386 | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c11d622e7fd853032f4381fe710399cc8dd68a00ae3246a358545a6072c1e2e1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 1d3e432bbc6d80dd338317c1f64678a79df84b89d75e8701451562fc06e92044 |
s390x | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: f447341f84e091999ba9f15e08386e07df9c9ae2d2e4b4a406d609fa03f09d89 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 1d3e432bbc6d80dd338317c1f64678a79df84b89d75e8701451562fc06e92044 |
ppc | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 7d66b186d16ca0c89f558a5ddb31b52c86f378cd3465fe4ad6cca57b5361668b |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 1d3e432bbc6d80dd338317c1f64678a79df84b89d75e8701451562fc06e92044 |
ppc | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 7d66b186d16ca0c89f558a5ddb31b52c86f378cd3465fe4ad6cca57b5361668b |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 1d3e432bbc6d80dd338317c1f64678a79df84b89d75e8701451562fc06e92044 |
x86_64 | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fa06321b9a2d6277d63561e8478994387c64bfa2030b8c765b50a2ea62de48af |
i386 | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c11d622e7fd853032f4381fe710399cc8dd68a00ae3246a358545a6072c1e2e1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 1d3e432bbc6d80dd338317c1f64678a79df84b89d75e8701451562fc06e92044 |
x86_64 | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fa06321b9a2d6277d63561e8478994387c64bfa2030b8c765b50a2ea62de48af |
i386 | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c11d622e7fd853032f4381fe710399cc8dd68a00ae3246a358545a6072c1e2e1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 1d3e432bbc6d80dd338317c1f64678a79df84b89d75e8701451562fc06e92044 |
s390x | |
kexec-tools-1.102pre-126.el5_6.5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: f447341f84e091999ba9f15e08386e07df9c9ae2d2e4b4a406d609fa03f09d89 |
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