Recommended update for dracut

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2397-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Magnum Orchestration 7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

An update that has 10 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for dracut provides the following fixes:

  • Ensure dracut.sh responds properly to hostonly_cmdline option. (bsc#1048748)
  • Switch FIPS checking to use the libkcapi based fipscheck toolset. (bsc#1048565)
  • Fix some ISCSI boot failures due to handle_firmware timing out. (bsc#1032284)
  • Fix system shutdown when in initrd rescue mode. (bsc#1048698)
  • Make sure dracut looks for modules.builtin in the correct path when used with the --kmoddir option. (bsc#1048606)
  • Ensure the ssh-client is usable by including the NSS plugin libraries configured in nsswitch.conf. (bsc#1021846)
  • Sync initramfs after creation to ensure it is properly written to disk when using fadump and invoking crash right after service start. (bsc#1049113)
  • Don't detect crc32.ko as built-in, as in some kernel configurations it may also appear as a module. (bsc#1054538)
  • Enable systemd-based core dumps for initrd. (bsc#1054809)
  • Add missing coreutils dependency for initrd macros. (bsc#1055492)

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:

  • Magnum Orchestration 7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-1483=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1483=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1483=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1483=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1483=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1483=1

Package List:

  • Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64)
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-109.17.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-109.17.1
    • dracut-044.1-109.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-109.17.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-109.17.1
    • dracut-044.1-109.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-109.17.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-109.17.1
    • dracut-044.1-109.17.1
    • dracut-fips-044.1-109.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-109.17.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-109.17.1
    • dracut-044.1-109.17.1
    • dracut-fips-044.1-109.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-109.17.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-109.17.1
    • dracut-044.1-109.17.1
    • dracut-fips-044.1-109.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-109.17.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-109.17.1
    • dracut-044.1-109.17.1
    • dracut-fips-044.1-109.17.1

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