Recommended update for multipath-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:0034-1
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
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2

An update that has seven fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for multipath-tools provides the following fixes:

  • Adjust kpartx.rules so that the link priority is not increased when DM_UDEV_LOW_PRIORITY_FLAG is set. (bsc#1047180)
  • Fix timeout caused by a deadlock when processing "add map" commands. (bsc#1053515)
  • Fix segmentation fault when attempting to merge empty feature set. (bsc#1055635)
  • Fix segmentation fault caused by orphan_path() freeing memory is hasn't allocated. (bsc#1055638)
  • Backport several kpartx fixes and enhancements. (bsc#1037533, bsc#1033541)
  • Fix a problem that was causing multipathd to die with SIGABRT if a device is removed. (bsc#1066189)

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-7-2018-25=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2018-25=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2018-25=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2018-25=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-25=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-25=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-25=1

Package List:

  • Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • kpartx-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • kpartx-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • multipath-tools-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • kpartx-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • multipath-tools-devel-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • kpartx-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • kpartx-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • kpartx-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20170912.f76643c6ada3-71.13.4

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