Issued:

2013-02-20

Updated:

2013-02-21

RHEA-2013:0485 - kabi-whitelists enhancement update

Synopsis

kabi-whitelists enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated kabi-whitelists packages that add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The kabi-whitelists packages contain reference files documenting interfaces provided by the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel that are considered to be stable by Red Hat engineering, and safe for long-term use by third-party loadable device drivers, as well as for other purposes.

• A number of symbols have been added to the kernel ABI whitelists. Space precludes listing all of these symbols in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Technical Notes for a complete list of these symbols. (BZ#849732, BZ#864893, BZ#826795, BZ#831247, BZ#902825)

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• A kernel checker tool (KSC) has been added to the kabi-whitelists packages. (BZ#869353)

Users of kabi-whitelists are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which 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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• ksc-20130129-1.el6.noarch.rpm
• kabi-whitelists-20130129-1.el6.src.rpm
• kabi-whitelists-20130129-1.el6.noarch.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 831247

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/.
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