Security update for conmon

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:2988-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • Containers Module 15-SP5
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for conmon fixes the following issues:

conmon was updated to version 2.1.7:

  • Bumped go version to 1.19 (bsc#1209307).

Bugfixes:

  • Fixed leaking symbolic links in the opt_socket_path directory
  • Fixed oom handling issues (bsc#1208737).
  • Fixed OOM watcher for cgroupv2 oom_kill events

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-2988=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-2988=1
  • Containers Module 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-15-SP5-2023-2988=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • conmon-2.1.7-150500.9.3.1
    • conmon-debuginfo-2.1.7-150500.9.3.1
  • Containers Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • conmon-2.1.7-150500.9.3.1
    • conmon-debuginfo-2.1.7-150500.9.3.1

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