Recommended update for autofs

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:2007-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4

An update that has six fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for autofs provides the following fixes:

  • Fix issue where comparing CLOCK_MONOTONIC times with stat.st_mtime caused repeated re-reads of the map and stale ghost entries for failed mounts (bsc#1068166)
  • Fix ordering of seteuid/setegid in do_spawn (bsc#1062482)
  • Fix possible map instance memory leak (bsc#1038198)
  • Check map instances for staleness on map update (bsc#1038198)
  • Fix a bug that causes nanoseconds to be ignored and effectively disables sorting of hosts based on response time and/or weight. (bsc#1066720)
  • Check for non existent negative entries in lookup_ghost(). (bsc#1087774)
  • Fixes an issue with concurrent LDAP lookups on first connection (bsc#1127519)

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 Desktop 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-2007=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-2007=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-2007=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-2007=1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 (x86_64)
    • autofs-debuginfo-5.0.9-28.12.24
    • autofs-debugsource-5.0.9-28.12.24
    • autofs-5.0.9-28.12.24
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • autofs-debuginfo-5.0.9-28.12.24
    • autofs-debugsource-5.0.9-28.12.24
    • autofs-5.0.9-28.12.24
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • autofs-debuginfo-5.0.9-28.12.24
    • autofs-debugsource-5.0.9-28.12.24
    • autofs-5.0.9-28.12.24
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • autofs-debuginfo-5.0.9-28.12.24
    • autofs-debugsource-5.0.9-28.12.24
    • autofs-5.0.9-28.12.24
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 (x86_64)
    • autofs-debuginfo-5.0.9-28.12.24
    • autofs-debugsource-5.0.9-28.12.24
    • autofs-5.0.9-28.12.24

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