Issued:
2010-11-10
Updated:
2010-11-10

RHBA-2010:0856 - kabi-whitelists bug fix update


Synopsis

kabi-whitelists bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated kabi-whitelists package that fixes a bug is now available.

Description

The kabi-whitelists package contains reference files documenting interfaces provided by the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel that are considered to be stable by Red Hat kernel engineering, and safe for longer term use by third party loadable device drivers, as well as for other purposes.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Two exported kernel symbols were removed from the final version of the Kernel Application Binary Interface (kABI) whitelists package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. (BZ#643570)

All users 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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • kabi-whitelists-20101015-1.el6_0.1.noarch.rpm
  • kabi-whitelists-20101015-1.el6_0.1.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information