- Issued:
- 2013-01-08
- Updated:
- 2013-01-08
RHBA-2013:0140 - crash bug fix update
Synopsis
crash bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated crash packages that fix a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The crash packages contain a self-contained utility that can be used to investigate live systems and kernel core dumps created by the netdump, diskdump, and kdump utilities.
This update fixes the following bug:
- The Xen dom0 dump files created with the "makedumpfile -d1" command on very large systems could create an ELF vmcore that the crash utility incorrectly determined to be an old-style netdump vmcore. Consequently, the crash session failed during initialization with the error message "crash: cannot read xen kdump p2m mfn page". With this update, the code has been fixed and the crash utility now properly starts in the described scenario. (BZ#883727)
Users of crash 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.9 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.9 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 5.9 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 5 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 5.9 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 5.9 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 5.9 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 5.9 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.9 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.9 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 5.9 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- crash-debuginfo-5.1.8-2.el5_9.ppc64.rpm
- crash-5.1.8-2.el5_9.i386.rpm
- crash-debuginfo-5.1.8-2.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
- crash-5.1.8-2.el5_9.src.rpm
- crash-5.1.8-2.el5_9.s390x.rpm
- crash-debuginfo-5.1.8-2.el5_9.i386.rpm
- crash-devel-5.1.8-2.el5_9.ia64.rpm
- crash-devel-5.1.8-2.el5_9.i386.rpm
- crash-5.1.8-2.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
- crash-5.1.8-2.el5_9.ppc64.rpm
- crash-devel-5.1.8-2.el5_9.s390.rpm
- crash-devel-5.1.8-2.el5_9.x86_64.rpm
- crash-devel-5.1.8-2.el5_9.s390x.rpm
- crash-debuginfo-5.1.8-2.el5_9.s390.rpm
- crash-debuginfo-5.1.8-2.el5_9.ia64.rpm
- crash-5.1.8-2.el5_9.ia64.rpm
- crash-devel-5.1.8-2.el5_9.ppc64.rpm
- crash-debuginfo-5.1.8-2.el5_9.s390x.rpm
Fixes
(none)
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.