kexec-tools-2.0.15-13.1.0.1.el7.AXS7

The kexec-tools packages contain the /sbin/kexec binary and utilities that together form the user-space component of the kernel's kexec feature. The /sbin/kexec binary facilitates a new kernel to boot using the kernel's kexec feature either on a normal or a panic reboot. The kexec fastboot mechanism allows booting a Linux kernel from the context of an already running kernel.

This update fixes the following bug:

* On systems with the huge pages feature enabled, the makedumpfile tool did not filter properly the huge pages into the vmcore file. As a consequence, the size of vmcore was too large. With this update, the type of the dtor argument is changed. As a result, makedumpfile filters the huge pages correctly again. (BZ#1594587)

Users of kexec-tools are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.