Issued:
2013-02-20
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0285 - mcelog bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

mcelog bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated mcelog packages that fix numerous bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The mcelog package contains a daemon that collects and decodes Machine Check Exception (MCE) data on AMD64 and Intel 64 machines.

The mcelog packages have been upgraded to upstream version 0.6, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#795931)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

  • The mcelog(8) man page contained incorrect information about usage of the "--supported" flag. This man page has been updated and the information is correct now. (BZ#851406)

  • Previously, the mcelog daemon ignored the 15h microarchitecture family of AMD processors and did not report the Machine Check Exception (MCE) errors. Consequently, reported errors were unavailable to system administrators. The 15h microarchitecture family of AMD processors has been included to the list of supported processors and mcelog reports MCE errors correctly in this case. (BZ#871249)

As well, this update adds the following enhancement:

  • This enhancement adds support for the Intel Core i5 and i7 processors to the mcelog packages. (BZ#740915)

All users of mcelog are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64

Updated Packages

  • mcelog-1.0pre3_20120814_2-0.6.el6.src.rpm
  • mcelog-debuginfo-1.0pre3_20120814_2-0.6.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • mcelog-1.0pre3_20120814_2-0.6.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information