Recommended update for mdadm

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2724-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that has eight fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for mdadm fixes the following issues:

  • Fix superblock's max_dev when adding a new disk in linear array. (bsc#1032802)
  • Avoid error message if component devices contain hyphen in name. (bsc#1031452)
  • Fix misleading error code returned by mdadm --detail on inactive arrays. (bsc#966773, bsc#1020405)
  • Fix "Insufficient head-space for reshape" error. (bsc#953595)
  • Do not assign numbers to missing raid disks when printing information to avoid duplication and confusion. (bsc#1047183)
  • Only issue change events for kernels older than 2.6.28, preventing a race condition that could lead to broken symbolic links against /dev/mdX devices. (bsc#1003568)
  • Fix handling of MD arrays with devices that have been assigned very large minor numbers. This affects systems with more than 128 MD arrays. (bsc#1009954)

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 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-mdadm-13313=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-mdadm-13313=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • mdadm-3.3.1-10.13.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • mdadm-3.3.1-10.13.1

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