Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:1767 - yaboot bug fix update

Synopsis

yaboot bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

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

Description

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

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, yaboot could not check whether an IP address is valid. As a consequence, yaboot netboot failed to operate in an environment where the gateway was not the same as the 'tftp' server, even though the 'tftp' server was on the same subnet. With this update, an IP address validity check has been added. Now,yaboot netbot operates as expected. (BZ#638654)

  • Previously, yaboot discarded passed parameters to anaconda after the Client Architecture Support (CAS) was rebooted. This update upgrades the yaboot binary and modifies the source file. Now, the parameters are passed to the anaconda installer as expected. (BZ#746340)

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

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

Updated Packages

  • yaboot-1.3.14-38.el6.ppc.rpm
  • yaboot-1.3.14-38.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

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References

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Additional information