Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHEA-2011:1633 - new package: tboot

Synopsis

new package: tboot

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

A new tboot package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The tboot package provides Trusted Boot (tboot), an open source pre- kernel/VMM module, that uses Intel Trusted Execution Technology (Intel TXT) to initialize the launch of a operating system kernels and virtual machines.

This enhancement update adds tboot to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. (BZ#691617)

All users wishing to evaluate trusted boot capabilities are advised to install this new package.

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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • tboot-debuginfo-1.5.0-0.1.20110714.el6.i686.rpm
  • tboot-1.5.0-0.1.20110714.el6.src.rpm
  • tboot-1.5.0-0.1.20110714.el6.i686.rpm
  • tboot-1.5.0-0.1.20110714.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • tboot-debuginfo-1.5.0-0.1.20110714.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

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References

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Additional information