Issued:

2012-06-20

Updated:

2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0893 - efibootmgr bug fix update

Synopsis

efibootmgr bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

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

Description

The efibootmgr utility is responsible for the boot loader installation on Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) systems.

This update fixes the following bug:

• In a Coverity Scan analysis, an allocation, which was not checked for errors, was discovered. With this update, the allocation is now checked for errors, thus the bug is fixed. (BZ#715216)

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

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• efibootmgr-0.5.4-10.el6.src.rpm
• efibootmgr-0.5.4-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
• efibootmgr-debuginfo-0.5.4-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
• efibootmgr-debuginfo-0.5.4-10.el6.i686.rpm
• efibootmgr-0.5.4-10.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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