Issued:
2015-04-29
Updated:
2015-04-29

RHBA-2015:0914 - kernel bug fix update

Synopsis

kernel bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated kernel packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Advanced Update Support.

Description

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, the open() system call in some cases failed with an EBUSY error if the opened file was also being renamed at the same time. With this update, the kernel automatically retries open() when this failure occurs, and if the retry is not successful either, open() now fails with an ESTALE error. (BZ#1207812)

  • When repeating a Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) value during a leap second (when the UTC time should be 23:59:60), the International Atomic Time (TAI) timescale previously stopped as the kernel NTP code incremented the TAI offset one second too late. A patch has been provided, which fixes the bug by incrementing the offset during the leap second itself. Now, the correct TAI is set during the leap second. (BZ#1201670)

Users of kernel are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS6.2x86_64

Updated Packages

  • python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.62.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-2.6.32-220.62.1.el6.src.rpm
  • kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.62.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.62.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.62.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.62.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-doc-2.6.32-220.62.1.el6.noarch.rpm
  • kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.62.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-220.62.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • perf-2.6.32-220.62.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.62.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-220.62.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.62.1.el6.noarch.rpm
  • kernel-2.6.32-220.62.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • python-perf-2.6.32-220.62.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

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References

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Additional information