ELBA-2025-12870

ELBA-2025-12870 - kexec-tools bug fix and enhancement update

Type:	BUG
Impact:	NA
Release Date:	2025-08-06

Description

[2.0.29-5.0.4.2]
- Rebase makdumpefile to v1.7.7 [Orabug: 37946079]
- Disable transparent_hugepage for aarch64 [Orabug: 37858059]
- fix detection of typed (compound) pages (Linux 6.12) [Orabug: 37561509]
- Rebase makedumpfile to v1.7.6 [Orabug: 37289579]
- Fix KEXEC_KERNEL_CHECK IMA rule & valid PE signature regression [Orabug: 36567412]
- Include support for virt-what [Orabug: 36517679]
- backport of upstream crash hotplug support [Orabug: 35884469]
- Insert new udev rules for crash hotplug into 98-kexec.rules [Orabug: 35801595]
- Handle xen_netfront in dracut module setup [Orabug: 35615400]
- Update UEK aarch64 reserved sizes for UEK7 kernels [Orabug: 34663083]
- Correct UEK reserved size for x86_64 [Orabug: 34391412]
- Update UEK reserved sizes [Orabug: 34240246]
- fix saving vmcore-dmesg.txt failed on aarch64 with UEK7 [Orabug: 34003037]
- include OL8 patch for sysconfig, its needed on OL9 [Orabug: 33512440]
- Update makedumpfile to 1.7.2 [Orabug: 34219368]
- kdump: skip lvm private devices [Orabug: 33822070] [Orabug: 33574003]
- Added dracut module setup patches [Orabug: 29518713] [Orabug: 22780125]
- Added orabug30352094-makedumpfile-Mark-mem-usage-option-unsupported-for-a.patch [Orabug: 30352094]
- Added orabug30822387.kdumpctl-arm64-fast-boot.patch [Orabug: 30822387]
- Added orabug30832988.kdump.sysconfig.iommu_off.x86_64.aarch64.patch [Orabug: 30832988]
- Added orabug30928441.kdumpctl.no_timer_check.patch [Orabug: 30928441]
- Added orabug32127375-kdump.sysconfig.no.double.s.patch [Orabug: 32127375]
- Added orabug32258986-arm64-support-more-than-one-crash-kernel-regions.patch [Orabug: 32258986]
- Removed orabug32258986-arm64-support-more-than-one-crash-kernel-regions.patch [Orabug: 32258986]
- Removed orabug34003037-arm64-crashdump-deduce-paddr-of-_text-based-on-kerne.patch [Orabug: 34003037]
- Removed orabug34003037-arm64-make-phys_offset-signed.patch [Orabug: 34003037]
- Removed orabug34003037-arm64-crashdump-unify-routine-to-get-page_offset.patch [Orabug: 34003037]
- Removed orabug34003037-arm64-read-VA_BITS-from-kcore-for-52-bits-VA-kernel.patch [Orabug: 34003037]
- Removed orabug34003037-arm64-fix-PAGE_OFFSET-calc-for-flipped-mm.patch [Orabug: 34003037]
- Removed orabug34003037-kdump-kexec-fix-saving-vmcore-dmesg.txt-failed-on-aa.patch [Orabug: 34003037]
- Fix formatting for orabug33822070-kdump-skip-lvm-private-devices.patch [Orabug: 33822070]
- Rework orabug34663083-Update-UEK-reserved-sizes.patch [Orabug: 34240246]
- Rebase kexec-tools to v2.0.28

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	sha256	Superseded By Advisory	Channel Label
Oracle Linux 9 (aarch64)	kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.0.4.el9_6.2.src.rpm	05bde89a05db7c51d89a4eeb0913a9e13d95f7d025fe300406fa0fccffb9ba76	-	ol9_aarch64_baseos_latest
	kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.0.4.el9_6.2.src.rpm	05bde89a05db7c51d89a4eeb0913a9e13d95f7d025fe300406fa0fccffb9ba76	-	ol9_aarch64_u6_baseos_patch
	kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.0.4.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm	e50f24476719980b7b971a39175c494ecf32e2a67926a9295b020b42ac7096bd	-	ol9_aarch64_baseos_latest
	kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.0.4.el9_6.2.aarch64.rpm	e50f24476719980b7b971a39175c494ecf32e2a67926a9295b020b42ac7096bd	-	ol9_aarch64_u6_baseos_patch
Oracle Linux 9 (x86_64)	kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.0.4.el9_6.2.src.rpm	05bde89a05db7c51d89a4eeb0913a9e13d95f7d025fe300406fa0fccffb9ba76	-	ol9_x86_64_baseos_latest
	kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.0.4.el9_6.2.src.rpm	05bde89a05db7c51d89a4eeb0913a9e13d95f7d025fe300406fa0fccffb9ba76	-	ol9_x86_64_u6_baseos_patch
	kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.0.4.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm	d7ad6431ea19fcf884cc2a22edbb22bcf875c1d2b45786ef18ee5e0230121361	-	ol9_x86_64_baseos_latest
	kexec-tools-2.0.29-5.0.4.el9_6.2.x86_64.rpm	d7ad6431ea19fcf884cc2a22edbb22bcf875c1d2b45786ef18ee5e0230121361	-	ol9_x86_64_u6_baseos_patch

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