Recommended update for kexec-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2025:01764-1
Release Date: 2025-05-30T06:45:50Z
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for kexec-tools fixes the following issues:

  • add support for lockless ringbuffer (bsc#1241249)

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-2025-1764=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2025-1764=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • kexec-tools-2.0.20-150500.20.3.1
    • kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-150500.20.3.1
    • kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-150500.20.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kexec-tools-2.0.20-150500.20.3.1
    • kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.20-150500.20.3.1
    • kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.20-150500.20.3.1

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