Issued:
2014-10-13
Updated:
2014-10-13

RHBA-2014:1495 - tboot bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

tboot bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

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

Description

The tboot packages provide the Trusted Boot (tboot) open source pre-kernel/VMM module. This module uses Intel Trusted Execution Technology (Intel TXT) to initialize the launch of operating system kernels and virtual machines.

The tboot packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.8.1, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#1037469, BZ#1065320)

Users of tboot 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/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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64

Updated Packages

  • tboot-1.8.1-1.el6.src.rpm
  • tboot-1.8.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • tboot-debuginfo-1.8.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information