Issued:
2018-10-30
Updated:
2018-10-30

RHBA-2018:3255 - weak-modules bug fix update

Synopsis

weak-modules bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

An update for weak-modules is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

weak-modules script is a system part for allowing compatible kernel modules to continue to work after a kernel update occurs.

It allows binary modules to be used with other kernels without a recompilation for their specific versions.

Specifically, weak-modules checks modules installed under the "extra" subdirectories for compatibility with the kernel. If the modules are compatible, weak-modules installs symlinks under the "weak-updates" directory to make them usable for the kernel.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of weak-modules are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 97ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A)7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 647aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop7x86_64

Updated Packages

  • kmod-devel-20-23.el7.ppc.rpm
  • kmod-debuginfo-20-23.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • kmod-debuginfo-20-23.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kmod-devel-20-23.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kmod-devel-20-23.el7.aarch64.rpm
  • kmod-debuginfo-20-23.el7.i686.rpm
  • kmod-libs-20-23.el7.s390x.rpm
  • kmod-20-23.el7.s390x.rpm
  • kmod-debuginfo-20-23.el7.s390.rpm
  • kmod-libs-20-23.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • kmod-20-23.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • kmod-debuginfo-20-23.el7.ppc.rpm
  • kmod-devel-20-23.el7.s390.rpm
  • kmod-devel-20-23.el7.s390x.rpm
  • kmod-20-23.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • kmod-libs-20-23.el7.s390.rpm
  • kmod-debuginfo-20-23.el7.s390x.rpm
  • kmod-libs-20-23.el7.i686.rpm
  • kmod-20-23.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kmod-libs-20-23.el7.ppc64.rpm
  • kmod-debuginfo-20-23.el7.aarch64.rpm
  • kmod-libs-20-23.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • kmod-debuginfo-20-23.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • kmod-20-23.el7.src.rpm
  • kmod-devel-20-23.el7.ppc64le.rpm
  • kmod-devel-20-23.el7.i686.rpm
  • kmod-libs-20-23.el7.ppc.rpm
  • kmod-20-23.el7.aarch64.rpm
  • kmod-devel-20-23.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • kmod-libs-20-23.el7.aarch64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

Additional information