Recommended update for openvswitch

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:2515-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for openvswitch provides the following fixes:

  • Use the kernel's tunneling APIs instead of the OVS kernel datapath ones. (bsc#970720)
  • Prevent systemd from auto-generating a service file for openvswitch-switch which conflicts with the openvswitch one. (bsc#966762)
  • Fix possible infinite loop when starting up ovs-vswitchd. (bsc#993936)

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 Real Time Extension 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RT-12-SP1-2016-1469=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1469=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1469=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • openvswitch-kmp-compute-debuginfo-2.1.2_k3.12.61_60.18-31.1
    • openvswitch-kmp-rt-debuginfo-2.1.2_k3.12.61_60.18-31.1
    • openvswitch-kmp-compute-2.1.2_k3.12.61_60.18-31.1
    • openvswitch-kmp-rt-2.1.2_k3.12.61_60.18-31.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • openvswitch-kmp-default-debuginfo-2.1.2_k3.12.62_60.62-31.1
    • openvswitch-2.1.2-31.1
    • openvswitch-switch-2.1.2-31.1
    • openvswitch-switch-debuginfo-2.1.2-31.1
    • openvswitch-debuginfo-2.1.2-31.1
    • openvswitch-kmp-default-2.1.2_k3.12.62_60.62-31.1
    • openvswitch-debugsource-2.1.2-31.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • openvswitch-kmp-xen-debuginfo-2.1.2_k3.12.62_60.62-31.1
    • openvswitch-kmp-xen-2.1.2_k3.12.62_60.62-31.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • openvswitch-kmp-default-debuginfo-2.1.2_k3.12.62_60.62-31.1
    • openvswitch-2.1.2-31.1
    • openvswitch-switch-2.1.2-31.1
    • openvswitch-switch-debuginfo-2.1.2-31.1
    • openvswitch-debuginfo-2.1.2-31.1
    • openvswitch-kmp-default-2.1.2_k3.12.62_60.62-31.1
    • openvswitch-debugsource-2.1.2-31.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (x86_64)
    • openvswitch-kmp-xen-debuginfo-2.1.2_k3.12.62_60.62-31.1
    • openvswitch-kmp-xen-2.1.2_k3.12.62_60.62-31.1

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