Recommended update for dracut

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:0547-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • Magnum Orchestration 7
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7

An update that has five fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for dracut provides the following fixes:

  • Fix saving dumps to zFCP attached SCSI disks. (bsc#1008352)
  • Fix the task limit in emergency service and picking up files in /etc/multipath/conf.d. (bsc#1019938, bsc#1048551)
  • Add kernel-syms to packages to be removed by purge-kernels. (bsc#1104090)
  • Skip kernels that cannot be removed by purge-kernels due to dependencies and continue removing other kernels. (bsc#1104090)
  • Fix null-sized patches. (bsc#1019938)
  • purge-kernels: Avoid endless loop when uninstalling kernels that depend on KMPs which in themselves depend on other packages (bsc#1125327)

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 OpenStack Cloud 7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2019-547=1
  • Magnum Orchestration 7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2019-547=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-POS-12-SP2-CLIENT-2019-547=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2019-547=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2019-547=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2019-547=1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2019-547=1

Package List:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 (x86_64)
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-fips-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-044.1-109.37.1
  • Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64)
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-044.1-109.37.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 12-SP2 (x86_64)
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-fips-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-044.1-109.37.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-fips-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-044.1-109.37.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 BCL 12-SP2 (x86_64)
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-fips-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-044.1-109.37.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS 12-SP2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-fips-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-044.1-109.37.1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 (x86_64)
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-fips-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-109.37.1
    • dracut-044.1-109.37.1

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