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How to Profile Application Performance with perf on RHEL 7 — step-by-step RHEL 7 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Profile Application Performance with perf on RHEL 7

How to Profile Application Performance with perf on RHEL 7 Performance bottlenecks in production applications are notoriously difficult to diagnose using traditional monitoring tools alone. CPU usage metrics tell you that a system is busy but rarely tell you where the work is happening inside your application. The perf subsystem, built directly into the Linux […]

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openSUSE Tumbleweed — npm14 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on openSUSE Tumbleweed

openSUSE Tumbleweed — npm14 — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🔴 Critical   ⏱ 15–90 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: openSUSE Tumbleweed 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory openSUSE-SU-2020:0802-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2020-8174 CVE-2021-22930 CVE-2021-22940 CVE-2021-37701 CVE-2021-37713 CVE-2021-39135 CVE-2020-11080 CVE-2020-7774  +12 more Upstream summary: napi_get_value_string_*() allows various kinds of memory corruption in node < 10.21.0, 12.18.0, and […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — glibc security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — glibc security, bug fix, and — enhancement update — new behaviour and fixes (ELSA-2021-1585)

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 18 May 2021 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2021-1585 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3326 CVE-2019-9169 CVE-2019-25013 CVE-2020-27618 CVE-2016-10228 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative […]

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Common Problems 115603

RHEL 7 – Postfix Service Starts but Mail Queue Never Drains

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 18 May 2021 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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Common Problems 115029

RHEL 8 – Podman Pull Fails Due to Untrusted Registry Certificate

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 18 May 2021 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs References & Further […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — libtalloc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — libtalloc — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2022:2075 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — shim-unsigned-aarch64 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — shim-unsigned-aarch64 — multiple vulnerabilities (7 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALSA-2021:1734 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14372 CVE-2020-25632 CVE-2020-25647 CVE-2020-27749 CVE-2020-27779 CVE-2021-20225 CVE-2021-20233 Upstream summary: The shim package contains a first-stage UEFI boot loader that handles chaining to a trusted full boot loader under secure […]

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Debian 10 — libspf2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — libspf2 — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 May 2021 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2021-20314 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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Debian 10 — modsecurity — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — modsecurity — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 18 May 2021 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-15598 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance […]

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