Recommended update for cifs-utils

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:1001-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4

An update that has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for cifs-utils fixes the following issues:

  • Solve invalid directory mounting. (bsc#1152930) When attempting to change the current working directory into non-existing directories, mount.cifs crashes.

  • Solve a double-free in mounting. (bsc#1149164 bsc#1164093). A crash occurred when mounting with setuid root.

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 Software Development Kit 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2020-1001=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1001=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1001=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1001=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • cifs-utils-debuginfo-6.9-13.7.1
    • cifs-utils-debugsource-6.9-13.7.1
    • cifs-utils-devel-6.9-13.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • cifs-utils-debuginfo-6.9-13.7.1
    • cifs-utils-6.9-13.7.1
    • cifs-utils-debugsource-6.9-13.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • cifs-utils-debuginfo-6.9-13.7.1
    • cifs-utils-6.9-13.7.1
    • cifs-utils-debugsource-6.9-13.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • cifs-utils-debuginfo-6.9-13.7.1
    • cifs-utils-6.9-13.7.1
    • cifs-utils-debugsource-6.9-13.7.1

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