Recommended update for Linux Kernel

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:2165-1
Rating: important
References:
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
  • Legacy Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to receive the following fixes:

Fix a regression where virt-manager generated KVM setups and possible others could fail to boot the kernel (bsc#1174887)

Special Instructions and Notes:

  • Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-2165=1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP1-2020-2165=1
  • Legacy Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP1-2020-2165=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP1-2020-2165=1
    Please note that this is the initial kernel livepatch without fixes itself, this package is later updated by separate standalone kernel livepatch updates.
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HA-15-SP1-2020-2165=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP1-2020-2165=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-default-base-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-default-devel-4.12.14-197.51.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (s390x)
    • kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-default-man-4.12.14-197.51.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 nosrc)
    • kernel-default-4.12.14-197.51.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (nosrc)
    • kernel-zfcpdump-4.12.14-197.51.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (noarch)
    • kernel-devel-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-macros-4.12.14-197.51.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kernel-syms-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-obs-build-debugsource-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-obs-build-4.12.14-197.51.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (noarch)
    • kernel-source-4.12.14-197.51.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (noarch nosrc)
    • kernel-docs-4.12.14-197.51.2
  • Legacy Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • reiserfs-kmp-default-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-197.51.1
  • Legacy Module 15-SP1 (nosrc)
    • kernel-default-4.12.14-197.51.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP1 (nosrc)
    • kernel-default-4.12.14-197.51.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kernel-default-livepatch-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-197_51-default-1-3.3.1
    • kernel-default-livepatch-devel-4.12.14-197.51.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP1 (nosrc)
    • kernel-default-4.12.14-197.51.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • ocfs2-kmp-default-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • gfs2-kmp-default-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • dlm-kmp-default-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • cluster-md-kmp-default-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-197.51.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1 (nosrc)
    • kernel-default-4.12.14-197.51.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1 (x86_64)
    • kernel-default-debugsource-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-default-extra-debuginfo-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-default-extra-4.12.14-197.51.1
    • kernel-default-debuginfo-4.12.14-197.51.1

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