Issued:
2011-11-23
Updated:
2011-11-23

RHBA-2011:1475 - yaboot bug fix update

Synopsis

yaboot bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The yaboot package provides a boot loader for Open Firmware based PowerPC systems. The Yaboot boot loader can be used to boot IBM System p machines.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • The Yaboot boot loader did not store additional arguments that were provided by a user on system boot, therefore these arguments were discarded whenever the Client Architecture Support (CAS) firmware interface initialized system reboot. This behavior prevented, under certain circumstances, the Anaconda installer from proper system installation. Yaboot has been modified to keep additional boot parameters, and the parameters required for proper system installation are now passed to Anaconda as expected. (BZ#747716)

All users of yaboot are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

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 endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support6.1ppc64

Updated Packages

  • yaboot-1.3.14-35.el6_1.3.ppc.rpm
  • yaboot-1.3.14-35.el6_1.3.src.rpm

Fixes

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CVEs

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References

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Additional information