Recommended update for makedumpfile

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:0784-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for makedumpfile fixes the following issues:

  • Fix for kdump on AMD servers with SME to avoid crashing the system without any dump, and provide proper information about the reason of crash. (bsc#1141895).
  • Fix for an issue when creating a dump to avoid running out of memory due to hanging kdump process. (bsc#1142715):

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-784=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • makedumpfile-1.6.3-10.6.1
    • makedumpfile-debugsource-1.6.3-10.6.1
    • makedumpfile-debuginfo-1.6.3-10.6.1

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