Recommended update for dracut

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:1979-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

An update that has seven fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for dracut fixes the following issues:

  • Switch FIPS checking to use the libkcapi based fipscheck toolset. (bsc#1048565)
  • With iscsiroot, call handle_firmware only for non-iface invocations. (bsc#1032284)
  • Bail out if module directory does not exist. (bsc#1043900)
  • Suppress bogus error message. (bsc#1032029)
  • Fix module force loading with systemd. (bsc#986216)
  • Ship udev files required by systemd. (bsc#1040153)

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 Desktop 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2017-1226=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1226=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1226=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1226=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • dracut-044.1-114.3.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-114.3.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-114.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • dracut-044.1-114.3.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-114.3.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-114.3.1
    • dracut-fips-044.1-114.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • dracut-044.1-114.3.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-114.3.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-114.3.1
    • dracut-fips-044.1-114.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • dracut-044.1-114.3.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.1-114.3.1
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.1-114.3.1
    • dracut-fips-044.1-114.3.1

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