Recommended update for autofs

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2023:4541-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for autofs fixes the following issues:

  • Don't use initgroups at spawn to avoid child processes never getting killed (bsc#1214710)

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 High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-4541=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-4541=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2023-4541=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • autofs-debuginfo-5.1.3-3.17.1
    • autofs-5.1.3-3.17.1
    • autofs-debugsource-5.1.3-3.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • autofs-debuginfo-5.1.3-3.17.1
    • autofs-5.1.3-3.17.1
    • autofs-debugsource-5.1.3-3.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • autofs-debuginfo-5.1.3-3.17.1
    • autofs-5.1.3-3.17.1
    • autofs-debugsource-5.1.3-3.17.1

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