Issued:

2011-11-28

Updated:

2011-11-28

RHBA-2011:1488 - glibc bug fix update

Synopsis

glibc bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated glibc packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The glibc packages provide the standard C and standard math libraries used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function properly.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the dynamic loader generated an incorrect ordering for initialization according to the ELF specification. Initialization routines for depended-upon objects were not being called before the objects, which depended on them, were being initialized. This manifested itself only when initializing compiled C++ libraries whose global initialization depended upon the global initialization of data in other libraries which they were linked against at link time, generating a DT_NEEDED entry. With this update, implementation of the topological sort algorithm for dependency resolution has been fixed, and functions for initialization and termination are now ordered correctly. (BZ#745487)

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix 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

Updated Packages

• glibc-2.5-65.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.5-65.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.5-65.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.5-65.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
• glibc-2.5-65.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm
• nscd-2.5-65.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
• glibc-2.5-65.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.5-65.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.5-65.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-2.5-65.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-2.5-65.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
• nscd-2.5-65.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
• glibc-common-2.5-65.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.5-65.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.5-65.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.5-65.el5_7.1.s390.rpm
• glibc-common-2.5-65.el5_7.1.i386.rpm
• nscd-2.5-65.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
• nscd-2.5-65.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.5-65.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-common-2.5-65.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.5-65.el5_7.1.ppc64.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.5-65.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
• glibc-common-2.5-65.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.5-65.el5_7.1.s390x.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.5-65.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-headers-2.5-65.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
• glibc-2.5-65.el5_7.1.s390.rpm
• glibc-common-2.5-65.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
• glibc-utils-2.5-65.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
• nscd-2.5-65.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.5-65.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
• glibc-2.5-65.el5_7.1.src.rpm
• glibc-2.5-65.el5_7.1.ia64.rpm
• glibc-devel-2.5-65.el5_7.1.ppc.rpm
• glibc-2.5-65.el5_7.1.i686.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information

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