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

RHBA-2013:1359 - module-init-tools bug fix update

Synopsis

module-init-tools bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated module-init-tools packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The module-init-tools packages include various programs needed for automatic loading and unloading of modules under kernel versions 2.6 and later, as well as other module management programs. Device drivers and file systems are two examples of loaded and unloaded modules.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Updating kmod-kvm after a kernel update had been performed caused a broken symbolic link to the kvm.ko module due to the link pointing to the old kernel's kvm.ko module. Now, the new version of kmod-kvm is updated, and broken symbolic links no longer occur in the described scenario. (BZ#708458)

Users of module-init-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/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

  • module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.3-0.pre3.1.63.el5.s390x.rpm
  • module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.3-0.pre3.1.63.el5.ppc.rpm
  • module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.63.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.63.el5.src.rpm
  • module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.3-0.pre3.1.63.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.63.el5.ppc.rpm
  • module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.63.el5.s390x.rpm
  • module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.63.el5.i386.rpm
  • module-init-tools-3.3-0.pre3.1.63.el5.ia64.rpm
  • module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.3-0.pre3.1.63.el5.ia64.rpm
  • module-init-tools-debuginfo-3.3-0.pre3.1.63.el5.i386.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information