Issued:
2011-08-08
Updated:
2011-08-08

RHBA-2011:1129 - gdb bug fix update

Synopsis

gdb bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated gdb package that fixes a bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The GNU Debugger (GDB) allows debugging of programs written in C, C++, Java, and other languages by executing them in a controlled fashion and then printing out their data.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • When the GDB convenience variable contained a structure, accessing a field of this structure caused a GDB internal error. The code has been modified to ensure that internal setting of field address is not executed for GDB convenience variables. As result, GDB can now access fields of structures stored in convenience variables. (BZ#728151)

All users of gdb are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the 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 Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • gdb-7.0.1-37.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
  • gdb-7.0.1-37.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm
  • gdb-7.0.1-37.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
  • gdb-7.0.1-37.el5_7.1.src.rpm
  • gdb-7.0.1-37.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
  • gdb-7.0.1-37.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information