Issued:
2012-06-20
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0894 - syslinux bug fix update

Synopsis

syslinux bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated syslinux packages that fix two bugs are now available available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The syslinux utility is responsible for booting the operating system kernel.

  • Prior to this update, the binaries were compiled without debugging information. As a consequence, the debuginfo files for some binaries were missing. With this update, the binaries include all required debug information. (BZ#729013)

  • Prior to this update, the isohybrid utility failed with a seek error when attempting to write ISO images to a USB device. As a consequence, the ISO images were on some systems not bootable. This update modifies the underlying code so that isohybrid now successfully writes the images to USB devices. (BZ#806464)

Users of syslinux are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which which fix these bugs.

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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • syslinux-extlinux-4.02-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • syslinux-perl-4.02-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • syslinux-4.02-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • syslinux-4.02-7.el6.src.rpm
  • syslinux-4.02-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • syslinux-devel-4.02-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • syslinux-extlinux-4.02-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • syslinux-debuginfo-4.02-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • syslinux-perl-4.02-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • syslinux-tftpboot-4.02-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • syslinux-debuginfo-4.02-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • syslinux-tftpboot-4.02-7.el6.i686.rpm
  • syslinux-devel-4.02-7.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information