- Issued:
- 2013-03-11
- Updated:
- 2013-03-11
RHBA-2013:0617 - kexec-tools bug fix update
Synopsis
kexec-tools bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated kexec-tools packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Description
The kexec fastboot mechanism allows booting a Linux kernel from the context of an already running kernel. The kexec-tools package provides the /sbin/kexec binary and ancillary utilities that form the user-space component of the kernel's kexec feature.
This update fixes the following bug:
A previous version of kexec-tools introduced a regression whereby kdump called findmodule for the ext[234] dump target, but ext2 was built in the kernel. This caused the mkdumprd utility, which creates an initial RAM file system for use in conjunction with the booting of a kernel within the kdump framework for crash recovery, to fail with a "No module ext2 found" error message. This patch fixes this problem by removing ext2 from the findmodule list and these failures no longer occur. (BZ#915359)
Users of kexec-tools 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
- kexec-tools-debuginfo-1.102pre-161.el5_9.1.s390x.rpm
- kexec-tools-debuginfo-1.102pre-161.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
- kexec-tools-debuginfo-1.102pre-161.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
- kexec-tools-1.102pre-161.el5_9.1.ppc64.rpm
- kexec-tools-1.102pre-161.el5_9.1.i386.rpm
- kexec-tools-1.102pre-161.el5_9.1.src.rpm
- kexec-tools-1.102pre-161.el5_9.1.s390x.rpm
- kexec-tools-debuginfo-1.102pre-161.el5_9.1.ia64.rpm
- kexec-tools-1.102pre-161.el5_9.1.ia64.rpm
- kexec-tools-debuginfo-1.102pre-161.el5_9.1.ppc64.rpm
- kexec-tools-1.102pre-161.el5_9.1.x86_64.rpm
Fixes
(none)
CVEs
(none)
References
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Additional information
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