Recommended update for autofs

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:3846-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for autofs provides the following fixes:

  • Fix issue where comparing CLOCK_MONOTONIC times with stat.st_mtime caused repeated re-reads of the map and stale ghost entries for failed mounts (bsc#1068166)
  • Fix ordering of seteuid/setegid in do_spawn (bsc#1062482)
  • Fix possible map instance memory leak (bsc#1038198)
  • Check map instances for staleness on map update (bsc#1038198)
  • Fix handling of replicated NFS server so that selection between servers still works sensibly when use_hostname_for_mounts is in effect. (bsc#1066720)
  • Fix a bug that causes nanoseconds to be ignored and effectively disables sorting of hosts based on response time and/or weight. (bsc#1066720)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-autofs-13875=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-autofs-13875=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • autofs-5.0.6-42.8.26
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • autofs-5.0.6-42.8.26

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