Issued:
2015-07-22
Updated:
2015-07-22

RHBA-2015:1303 - mcelog bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

mcelog bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated mcelog packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The mcelog packages contain a daemon that collects and decodes Machine Check Exception (MCE) data on AMD64 and Intel 64 machines.

The mcelog packages have been upgraded to upstream version 109, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. Notably, mcelog now supports Intel Core i7 CPU architectures. (BZ#1145371)

Users of mcelog are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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 for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64

Updated Packages

  • mcelog-debuginfo-109-4.0fc9f70.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • mcelog-109-4.0fc9f70.el6.src.rpm
  • mcelog-109-4.0fc9f70.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information