- Issued:
- 2014-06-19
- Updated:
- 2014-10-13
RHBA-2014:0768 - edac-utils bug fix update
Synopsis
edac-utils bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
An updated edac-utils package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) is the current set of drivers in the Linux kernel that handles detection of ECC errors from memory controllers for most chipsets on the 32-bit x86, AMD64, and Intel 64 architectures. The user-space component consists of an init script which ensures that EDAC drivers and DIMM labels are loaded at system startup, as well as a library and utility for reporting current error counts from the EDAC sysfs files.
This update fixes the following bug:
- Previously, the exit status of the edac-utils package init script was not set correctly. As a consequence, running the 'service edac status' command returned exit status 0, which was not expected behavior because no programs were running after executing the 'service edac start' command. With this update, the returned exit status has been changed to 3 in the described situation. (BZ#679812)
Users of edac-utils are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes 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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259/
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- edac-utils-devel-0.9-15.el6.i686.rpm
- edac-utils-0.9-15.el6.x86_64.rpm
- edac-utils-debuginfo-0.9-15.el6.i686.rpm
- edac-utils-devel-0.9-15.el6.x86_64.rpm
- edac-utils-0.9-15.el6.src.rpm
- edac-utils-0.9-15.el6.i686.rpm
- edac-utils-debuginfo-0.9-15.el6.x86_64.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
(none)
References
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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.