Issued:
2011-05-19
Updated:
2011-05-19

RHBA-2011:0786 - prelink bug fix update

Synopsis

prelink bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated prelink package that fixes a bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The prelink utility is used to modify ELF shared libraries and executables. This reduces the number of relocations that need to be resolved at runtime, and thus enables faster start-up.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • When the prelink utility was used to modify executables or shared libraries, it did not preserve the corresponding access control lists (ACL) other than SELinux context. This update ensures that the ACLs are preserved as expected. (BZ#653635)

All users of prelink 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 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

  • prelink-0.4.4-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • prelink-0.4.4-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • prelink-0.4.4-1.el6.src.rpm
  • prelink-debuginfo-0.4.4-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • prelink-0.4.4-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • prelink-debuginfo-0.4.4-1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • prelink-debuginfo-0.4.4-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • prelink-0.4.4-1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • prelink-debuginfo-0.4.4-1.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information