Issued:
2012-02-20
Updated:
2012-02-20

RHBA-2012:0300 - 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 5.

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 bug:

  • Prior to this update, the yaboot boot loader failed when either a ext4 or an encrypted partition was defined on the primary disk drive. This update modifies the yaboot binary so that it accepts ext4 and encrypted partitions on the primary disk drive. (BZ#755959)

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 endian5ppc

Updated Packages

  • yaboot-1.3.13-14.el5.ppc.rpm
  • yaboot-1.3.13-14.el5.src.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

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References

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Additional information