- Issued:
- 2009-05-18
- Updated:
- 2009-05-18
RHEA-2009:1028 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
module-init-tools enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated module-init-tools package that adds an enhancement 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 an enhancement that enables
module parameters to be read automatically from the kernel command line in
the same fashion that built-in kernel modules are handled.
Users are advised to upgrade to this updated module-init-tools package,
which adds this 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/docs/DOC-11259
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 - 487520 - FEATURE: enable runtime scanning of boot args during a module load
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.src.rpm | SHA-256: 91b5e604157ea72c37d81e8f512f096a3ae9ad814c41c226dff0abf4a8f84ac2 |
x86_64 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f718391b6b23d64b9dc15eb586af51eee3336f7c1fe70cb1e5c1b9a6d636885c |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f718391b6b23d64b9dc15eb586af51eee3336f7c1fe70cb1e5c1b9a6d636885c |
ia64 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: b0edac39b7d82780aba2258dc2b5afcff6680e120e5684048ec2cd49cc8abc7f |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: b0edac39b7d82780aba2258dc2b5afcff6680e120e5684048ec2cd49cc8abc7f |
i386 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 5d1d31aaae294e432ad1e6bdd8238db29288e56fd8ce8c47fa5fe000f882d0fa |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 5d1d31aaae294e432ad1e6bdd8238db29288e56fd8ce8c47fa5fe000f882d0fa |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.src.rpm | SHA-256: 91b5e604157ea72c37d81e8f512f096a3ae9ad814c41c226dff0abf4a8f84ac2 |
x86_64 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f718391b6b23d64b9dc15eb586af51eee3336f7c1fe70cb1e5c1b9a6d636885c |
ia64 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: b0edac39b7d82780aba2258dc2b5afcff6680e120e5684048ec2cd49cc8abc7f |
i386 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 5d1d31aaae294e432ad1e6bdd8238db29288e56fd8ce8c47fa5fe000f882d0fa |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.src.rpm | SHA-256: 91b5e604157ea72c37d81e8f512f096a3ae9ad814c41c226dff0abf4a8f84ac2 |
x86_64 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f718391b6b23d64b9dc15eb586af51eee3336f7c1fe70cb1e5c1b9a6d636885c |
i386 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 5d1d31aaae294e432ad1e6bdd8238db29288e56fd8ce8c47fa5fe000f882d0fa |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.src.rpm | SHA-256: 91b5e604157ea72c37d81e8f512f096a3ae9ad814c41c226dff0abf4a8f84ac2 |
s390x | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: ae92b222f3fc31fce02af295d7add9e51397743c5c43698e2528cb202bb84bd0 |
s390 | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 8d7ddfd5f2ced4a205ada610a19ca751795f60a6d7ec7220573c8b58001954da |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.src.rpm | SHA-256: 91b5e604157ea72c37d81e8f512f096a3ae9ad814c41c226dff0abf4a8f84ac2 |
ppc | |
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.3.11.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: eaaf2ac608472fa4c7f26229025f9adc75d478421b5ba87cf9c60c49cdf96cce |
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