Issued:
2013-09-30
Updated:
2013-09-30

RHBA-2013:1306 - binutils bug fix update

Synopsis

binutils bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated binutils packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The binutils packages are a collection of programming tools for the manipulation of object code in various object file formats.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Due to instability in calculating the program header size, the GNU linker could terminate unexpectedly with a "looping in map_segments" error message. With this update, the linker has been modified to properly handle changes in the size of the segment map, which prevents the instability, and the linker no longer crashes in this scenario. (BZ#817056)

  • Previously, the PowerPC linker made assumptions about the order of instructions and relocations. Those assumptions were not correct for code compiled with GNU Compiler Collection version 4.1 (GCC-4.1). As a result, the linker could trigger an internal error during optimization of TLS sequences. Now, the linker code to optimize TLS has been modified to not attempt to optimize TLS sequences which do not meet its assumptions about code and relocation ordering. Therefore, the linker no longer triggers an internal error when optimizing TLS sequences. (BZ#855163)

  • The PowerPC linker did not verify whether certain pointers were validly non-NULL prior to dereferencing those pointers. As a result, under certain circumstances, the PowerPC linker could encounter a segmentation fault or a bus error. With this update, the PowerPC linker code has been changed to properly check for NULL pointers and take appropriate action, and links no longer experience segmentation faults or bus errors. (BZ#924354)

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

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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.s390x.rpm
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.ppc.rpm
  • binutils-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.ppc.rpm
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.s390x.rpm
  • binutils-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.ia64.rpm
  • binutils-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.i386.rpm
  • binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.ia64.rpm
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.s390.rpm
  • binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.ppc.rpm
  • binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.s390.rpm
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • binutils-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.i386.rpm
  • binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.ppc64.rpm
  • binutils-debuginfo-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.ia64.rpm
  • binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.i386.rpm
  • binutils-devel-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • binutils-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.src.rpm
  • binutils-2.17.50.0.6-26.el5.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information