Recommended update for libcpuset

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for libcpuset
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:1789-1
Rating: moderate
References: #625079 #834223 #916803 #978841
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
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    An update that has four recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for libcpuset fixes the following issues:

    - Missing initialization of buffer that stores data read from /proc files.
    (bsc#916803)
    - Insufficient error handling in functions cpuset_pin(), cpuset_size() and
    cpuset_where() could lead to a segmentation fault when number of open
    files reached the limit. (bsc#978841)
    - Failure to handle cpuset mounted as a cgroup controller. (bsc#625079,
    bsc#834223)

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libcpuset-12646=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-libcpuset-12646=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-libcpuset-12646=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libcpuset-devel-1.0-8.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
      • libcpuset1-1.0-8.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libcpuset1-1.0-8.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libcpuset-debuginfo-1.0-8.9.1
      • libcpuset-debugsource-1.0-8.9.1

    References: