ELSA-2011-1532

ELSA-2011-1532 - kexec-tools security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type:SECURITY
Severity:MODERATE
Release Date:2011-12-14

Description


[2.0.0-209.0.1.el6]
- Make sure '--allow-missing' is effective by adding to MKDUMPRD_ARGS in
kdump.sysconfig, kdump.sysconfig.i386, and kdump.sysconfig.x86_64 [12590865] [11678808]

[2.0.0-209]
- Improve debugfs mounting code, from Dave Young.
Resolve bug 748748.

[2.0.0-208]
- Search DUP firmware directory too, from Caspar Zhang.
Resolve bug 747233.

[2.0.0-207]
- Don't run kdump service on s390x, from Caspar Zhang.
Resolve bug 746207.

[2.0.0-206]
- Fix some security flaws, resolve bug 743165.

[2.0.0-205]
- Fix a scriptlet failure in fence-agents, resolve bug 739050.

[2.0.0-204]
- Add new config 'force_rebuild', resolve bug 598067.

[2.0.0-203]
- Warn users to use maxcpus=1 instead of nr_cpus=1 for older
kernels, resolve bug 727892.

[2.0.0-202]
- Pass 'noefi acpi_rsdp=X' to the second kernel, resolve bug 681796.

[2.0.0-201]
- Include patch 602 for rawbuild, resolve bug 708503.

[2.0.0-200]
- Remove the warning for reserved memory on x86, resolve BZ 731394.

[2.0.0-199]
- Add debug_mem_level debugging option, from Jan Stancek.
Resolve Bug 734528.

[2.0.0-198]
- Fix the error message on /etc/cluster_iface,
resolve bug 731236. From Ryan O'Hara.

[2.0.0-197]
- Add coordination between kdump and cluster fencing for long
kernel panic dumps, resolve bug 585332. From Ryan O'Hara.

[2.0.0-196]
- Use nr_cpus=1 instead of maxcpus=1 on x86, resolve Bug 725484.

[2.0.0-195]
- Fix segfault on ppc machine with 1TB memory, resolve Bug 709441.

[2.0.0-194]
- Specify kernel version for every modprobe, resolve Bug 719105.

[2.0.0-193]
- Don't handle raid device specially, resolve Bug 707805.

[2.0.0-192]
- Read mdadm.conf correctly, resolve Bug 707805.

[2.0.0-191]
- Use makedumpfile as default core_collector for ssh dump.
Resolve Bug 693025.

[2.0.0-190]
- Revert the previous patch, resolve Bug 701339.

[2.0.0-189]
- Disable THP in kdump kernel, resolve Bug 701339.


Related CVEs


CVE-2011-3588
CVE-2011-3589
CVE-2011-3590

Updated Packages


Release/ArchitectureFilenameMD5sumSuperseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 6 (i386) kexec-tools-2.0.0-209.0.1.el6.src.rpm152a5c240e43658eb63223620cdcb1b8ELBA-2019-4682
kexec-tools-2.0.0-209.0.1.el6.i686.rpmd9298610adecc2ebfd94bbdd95736561ELBA-2019-4682
Oracle Linux 6 (x86_64) kexec-tools-2.0.0-209.0.1.el6.src.rpm152a5c240e43658eb63223620cdcb1b8ELBA-2019-4682
kexec-tools-2.0.0-209.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpma675573a40e1eddaac577b3334f08feaELBA-2019-4682



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