- Issued:
- 2009-01-20
- Updated:
- 2009-01-20
RHBA-2009:0049 - crash bug fix update
Synopsis
crash bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated crash packages are now available.
Description
Crash is a self-contained tool that can be used to investigate live systems, kernel core dumps created from the netdump, diskdump and kdump packages from Red Hat Linux, the mcore kernel patch offered by Mission Critical Linux, or the LKCD kernel patch.
This updated package includes the following bug fix:
- The bt command displays a task's kernel-stack backtrace. When running this command against an x86 Xen kernel vmcore, crash did not correctly handle the transition from the IRQ stack back to the process stack, leading to a segmentation fault. The version of crash provided with this advisory contains a patch that corrects this issue, allowing users to analyze a vmcore file from a system with an x86 Xen kernel.
All users of crash should upgrade to this updated package.
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 This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 5 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 5.3 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | i386 |
| 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 Server from RHUI | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.3 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.3 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.3 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- crash-4.0-7.2.3.el5_3.1.src.rpm
- crash-devel-4.0-7.2.3.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
- crash-devel-4.0-7.2.3.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm
- crash-4.0-7.2.3.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm
- crash-devel-4.0-7.2.3.el5_3.1.ppc64.rpm
- crash-devel-4.0-7.2.3.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
- crash-devel-4.0-7.2.3.el5_3.1.s390.rpm
- crash-4.0-7.2.3.el5_3.1.ppc64.rpm
- crash-4.0-7.2.3.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm
- crash-devel-4.0-7.2.3.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm
- crash-4.0-7.2.3.el5_3.1.i386.rpm
- crash-4.0-7.2.3.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.