Recommended update for kdump

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:3405-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that has 11 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for kdump fixes the following issues:

  • Install /etc/resolv.conf using its resolved path (bsc#1183070).
  • Avoid an endless loop when resolving a hostname fails with EAI_AGAIN (bsc#1183070).
  • Skip kdump-related mounts if there is no /proc/vmcore (bsc#1102252, bsc#1125011).
  • Make sure that kdump mount points are cleaned up (bsc#1102252, bsc#1125011).
  • powerpc: Do not reload on CPU hot removal (bsc#1133407).
  • Do not iterate past end of string (bsc#1186037).
  • Make sure that initrd.target.wants directory exists (bsc#1172670).
  • Fix incorrect exit code checking after "local" with assignment (bsc#1184616).
  • Add 'bootdev=' to dracut command line (bsc#1182309).
  • Query systemd network.service to find out if wicked is used (bsc#1182309).
  • Do not add network-related dracut options if ip= is set explicitly (bsc#1182309, bsc#1188090).
  • Make sure that the udev runtime directory exists (bsc#1164713).
  • Prefer by-path and device-mapper aliases over kernel names (bsc#1101149).
  • Activate udev rules late during boot (bsc#1154837).

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 Server ESPOS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-3405=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-3405=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2021-3405=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2021-3405=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-14.6.1
    • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-14.6.1
    • kdump-0.8.16-14.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-14.6.1
    • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-14.6.1
    • kdump-0.8.16-14.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-14.6.1
    • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-14.6.1
    • kdump-0.8.16-14.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-14.6.1
    • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-14.6.1
    • kdump-0.8.16-14.6.1

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