- Issued:
- 2016-07-05
- Updated:
- 2016-07-05
RHBA-2016:1381 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
kernel bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated kernel packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.2 Advanced Update Support.
Description
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
This update fixes the following bug:
- When using software which includes IPC SysV semaphores, such as *IBM DB2*, the IPC_RMID semaphore operation locked up from accessing freed memory due to the race conditions of the exit_sem() and freeary() functions. A patch has been provided to fix this bug, and the kernel now behaves as expected in the aforementioned scenario. (BZ#1326340)
Users of kernel are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
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 - AUS 6.2 x86_64
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.2
SRPM | |
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kernel-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 837cad7424c24d15cbc6d7dd86d62aabf8129c18e26847784cb1ccd4f64aef06 |
x86_64 | |
kernel-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 0d2a22b66b39be46b243b003c5aa57ef98e3a8331f41319b2bc58212f2cbe384 |
kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 06b6541e815c8c522cec2bfb37fd8fb9b4513bdea112f32907ba97cda9e89147 |
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 83d27ba44933810c124a51a901f0c176d95d5eb8a9f84b1b1361af5c7985b756 |
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 83d27ba44933810c124a51a901f0c176d95d5eb8a9f84b1b1361af5c7985b756 |
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 67953c87f58f2041f73e5b59254f35445a9b4f9bdb5cb7be98f9ce7432416797 |
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b73ea83a0bf5f31d8d55ce0ebb16edc15642a7a5a5be7b809fe12718b08cd35b |
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: b73ea83a0bf5f31d8d55ce0ebb16edc15642a7a5a5be7b809fe12718b08cd35b |
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d0f13d2fc0afdffb6d66d6f6fe0a6c567ed32a8eb0230387c440d200002b314a |
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d0f13d2fc0afdffb6d66d6f6fe0a6c567ed32a8eb0230387c440d200002b314a |
kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 39761831f17744999c8364a1349c94b8777510d87422971ad92e7398990cc3f2 |
kernel-doc-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: a7bd8bd43995373b5418f4f4077fbcd29fcb75d68091bf669784bee5f1766dd5 |
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 226a4e0b875818fd5ba4846a31e147209242a3ed0a6f0744f0e4b3132be47fd8 |
kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 13fd9aa6834a68675c856197fb8b485c818bec1ca107f943e7f47470fc4c6e84 |
perf-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 105de304f491b86fe39628e62ff2bb69dbad13529af0001744033a42c04dbd01 |
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5c67ae0ccaa1a737f719a07a79a26ca7590c1e5785850e0fccb5969c5e2a57cf |
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5c67ae0ccaa1a737f719a07a79a26ca7590c1e5785850e0fccb5969c5e2a57cf |
python-perf-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: c974aa770eeefe36d2571cac3c9fdab5ec4d4111e79868b1d4b3981b6a70507a |
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f859d9baf20108b1885006a5d9c311268b998e6dc702e68e523546fb1edecc1e |
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.66.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f859d9baf20108b1885006a5d9c311268b998e6dc702e68e523546fb1edecc1e |
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