Re: SUSE Security Announcement: various kernel problems (SUSE-SA:2004:044)
Hi folks, Like some of you noted the 9.2 kernels RPMs are not there anymore, even though they are listed in the advisory. This is due us receiving reports where the Yast Online Update updating this kernel made the machine fail to boot. The reason is that a script is no longer creating the vmlinuz and initrd symlinks as is required for successful booting. We are preparing updated fixed packages for this problem and will be releasing them hopefully within the next day(s). Sorry for the inconvience, Marcus Meissner, Team Lead SUSE Security
On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 03:21:07PM +0100, Marcus Meissner wrote:
Hi folks,
Like some of you noted the 9.2 kernels RPMs are not there anymore, even though they are listed in the advisory.
This is due us receiving reports where the Yast Online Update updating this kernel made the machine fail to boot.
The reason is that a script is no longer creating the vmlinuz and initrd symlinks as is required for successful booting.
We are preparing updated fixed packages for this problem and will be releasing them hopefully within the next day(s).
We have released fixed 9.2 kernel packages, available either from Yast Online Update or via the URLs below. Ciao, Marcus x86 Platform: SUSE Linux 9.2: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-default-2.6.8-24.10.i586.rpm a7bee23d67a9da42331de8dea88faf17 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-default-nongpl-2.6.8-24.10.i586.rpm a92b79b793e3df2ecee38d9e9b02c9dd ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-smp-2.6.8-24.10.i586.rpm ceee9c9bd34f101a69bdca02d767e03a ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-smp-nongpl-2.6.8-24.10.i586.rpm bbee36698eda5d5f680980a3de877bfb ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.8-24.10.i586.rpm 19531612c6ab718a4d1affbba4d0b69b ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-bigsmp-nongpl-2.6.8-24.10.i586.rpm c66b444a7a49129aa6e4de5a8ffe338f ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-source-2.6.8-24.10.i586.rpm 300e351f553a56124b4563da0db394af ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/i586/kernel-um-2.6.8-24.10.i586.rpm f881852703d3c73c05ae83c5462f4db6 source rpm(s): ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-default-2.6.8-24.10.nosrc.rpm 5d7abadd5004b67d702c0191a55e3095 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-smp-2.6.8-24.10.nosrc.rpm e30399d9d420e80bd6978432efced4e7 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.8-24.10.nosrc.rpm fdd8cbe913edc66c76572000bf25ad60 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.6.8-24.10.src.rpm 10ffb5874e421fd0e056289216f94b11 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-um-2.6.8-24.10.nosrc.rpm cbd7661cd834ad17982b0e4e2d00076e x86-64 Platform: SUSE Linux 9.2: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-2.6.8-24.10.x86_64.rpm 1241d251390b1001503e522a8253dfe1 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-nongpl-2.6.8-24.10.x86_64.rpm 1989e6cdb0254a2490e25a3a1857a480 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/x86_64/kernel-smp-2.6.8-24.10.x86_64.rpm c023361d71b089ee97f3e6a864eaf7ab ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/x86_64/kernel-smp-nongpl-2.6.8-24.10.x86_64.rpm a760860a4c4c6d70cb9b0a67c91cf6bf ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/x86_64/kernel-source-2.6.8-24.10.x86_64.rpm ca987c4885c4a2972f9f4cb997dd0ce6 source rpm(s): ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-default-2.6.8-24.10.nosrc.rpm 5d7abadd5004b67d702c0191a55e3095 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-smp-2.6.8-24.10.nosrc.rpm e30399d9d420e80bd6978432efced4e7 ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/update/9.2/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.6.8-24.10.src.rpm 10ffb5874e421fd0e056289216f94b11
On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 11:28:58AM +0100, Marcus Meissner wrote:
On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 03:21:07PM +0100, Marcus Meissner wrote:
Hi folks,
Like some of you noted the 9.2 kernels RPMs are not there anymore, even though they are listed in the advisory.
This is due us receiving reports where the Yast Online Update updating this kernel made the machine fail to boot.
The reason is that a script is no longer creating the vmlinuz and initrd symlinks as is required for successful booting.
We are preparing updated fixed packages for this problem and will be releasing them hopefully within the next day(s).
We have released fixed 9.2 kernel packages, available either from Yast Online Update or via the URLs below.
The following only affects SUSE Linux 9.2. We received additional reports of breakage if you have additionaly the UserMode Linux Kernel package "kernel-um" installed. In this case the system initrd will be created from "kernel-um" and not from "kernel-default" or "kernel-smp" As workaround: - If you do not need the kernel-um package, deinstall it using: rpm -e kernel-um and recreate the system initird by running: mkinitrd before rebooting. - if you need the kernel-um package, restore the symlink using: ln -sf /boot/initrd-2.6.8-24.10-default /boot/initrd (replace -default by the kerneltyp you use, detectable by: rpm -qa|grep kernel- which will be either "default", "smp" or "bigsmp".) after installing the updated packages and before booting the new kernel. Ciao, Marcus
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