ELBA-2021-2568

ELBA-2021-2568 - kexec-tools bug fix and enhancement update

Type:	BUG
Severity:	NA
Release Date:	2021-06-30

Description

[2.0.20-46.0.1]
- Added the following patches from https://github.com/makedumpfile version 1.6.8++ [Orabug: 32851262]
- Added Patch1009, orabug32851262-PATCH-2-3-arm64-Make-use-of-NUMBER-VA_BITS-in-vmcore.patch
- Added Patch1010, orabug32851262-PATCH-3-3-arm64-support-flipped-VA-and-52-bit-kernel.patch
- Removed Patch701 which was in conflict with Patch1010
- Remove -s setting for KEXEC_ARGS in kdump.sysconfig.aarch64 [Orabug: 3280449]
- 99kdumpbase: Do not append ip=:dhcp if ip=single-dhcp is present [Orabug: 32404661]
- kdump-lib: Fix get_bind_mount_source to support btrfs and fstab [Orabug: 32297893]
- kdump: add threshold for the required memory (Chen Zhou) [Orabug: 32258986]
- Fix duplicate -s option for kexec [Orabug: 32127375]
- kdump: append no_timer_check to kdump kernel cmdline on xen guests [Orabug: 30928441]
- arm64: skip purgatory integrity checks to speed up reboot [Orabug: 30822387]
- kdump: append iommu=off to kdump kernel cmdline [Orabug: 30832988]
- 99kdumpbase: Do not append ip=:dhcp if ip=dhcp is present [Orabug: 29518713]
- rebase kexec-tools-2.0.8-dracut-module-setup-ibft-avoid-dup-config.patch [Orabug: 28872281]
- don't patch files in SOURCES directory. That breaks building from the srpm (dave.kleikamp@oracle.com)
- dracut-module-setup: avoid duplicate config for ibft [Orabug: 22780125]
- kdumpctl: exclude default_hugepagesz setting from kdump kernel cmdline
(Sriharsha Yadagudde) [Orabug: 19134999]
- kdumpctl: verify if kernel support securelevel interface
(Sriharsha Yadagudde) [Orabug: 18905671]
(Sriharsha Yadagudde) [Orabug: 18905671]

[2.0.20-46.1]
- Implement IP netmask calculation to replace ipcalc -m

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	MD5sum	Superseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 8 (aarch64)	kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.0.1.el8_4.1.src.rpm	de149d993468ada400b6fe3c1ed01c0c	-
	kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.0.1.el8_4.1.aarch64.rpm	9b90ffffdc772044fbcf311b720e2d57	-
Oracle Linux 8 (x86_64)	kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.0.1.el8_4.1.src.rpm	de149d993468ada400b6fe3c1ed01c0c	-
	kexec-tools-2.0.20-46.0.1.el8_4.1.x86_64.rpm	c6a63d707bd47bd815c2dcb462927ffd	-

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