Recommended update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:2628-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Affected Products:
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ESPOS 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that has five fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:

Update from version 11.2.0 to version 11.3.0

  • Changes in version 11.3.0 (bsc#1187567)

  • Reduce or eliminate Linux dependency on the 'net-tools' package.

    • The 'ifconfig' and 'netstat' commands are deprecated in more recent releases of Linux. Update the Linux 'vm-support' script to use the 'ip' and 'ss' commands when available. If the new commands are missing a fallback will be used. In Particular, 'ip' has a fallback on 'ifconfig', 'ip route' will fallback on 'route' and 'ss' will fallback on 'netstat'.
  • Configuring OVT with the '--without-pam' option will implicitly disable 'vgauth'.
    • When no 'vgauth' option is given alongside '--without-pam', a warning is displayed with a message 'Building without PAM; vgauth will be disabled.'.
    • When '--disable-vgauth' is supplied alongside '--without-pam', no warning or error message is displayed.
    • When '--enable-vgauth' is supplied alongside '--without-pam', an error will be shown and the configure stage will be aborted with an error message 'Cannot enable vgauth without PAM. Please configure without --without-pam or without --enable-vgauth.'
  • Fix issues using GCC 11 with gtk >= 3.20 and glib >=2.66.3
  • Fix more GCC 11 failures. (bsc#1185103)
  • Update the 'FreeBSD' specific sections of 'open-vm-tools' to adjust what necessary for 'ARM64'.
  • New command line tool 'vmwgfxctrl' introduced in 'open-vm-tools'.
    • A user can now control various aspects of the 'vmwgfx' Linux kernel module. Currently it can both display and set the current topology of the 'vmwgfx' kernel driver. It is useful when trying to configure custom resolutions on recent Linux distributions, including multi-monitor setups.
  • New command line tool 'vmware-alias-import' added to 'open-vm-tools' that can be used to import 'vgauth' config data and apply it to the running 'vgauth' service.
  • Enhancements to support or utilize various vSphere features.
  • In 'vmtoolsd.service' move the deprecated path '/var/run' to '/run' for it's 'PID' file. (bsc#1185175)

  • Finalize the 'UsrMerge'. (bsc#1029961)

  • Changes in version 11.2.5 (bsc#1180997)

  • Some potential memory leaks were fixed
  • The SUSE specific vmtoolsd PAM configuration file incorrectly referenced pam_securetty.so

Some minor issues have been fixed as well. Please refer to the rpm's changelog file in order to see the full list of all changes.

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 High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ESPOS 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-ESPOS-2021-2628=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-2628=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-BCL-2021-2628=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-2628=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2021-2628=1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-2628=1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-2628=1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-2628=1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-6-2021-2628=1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0
    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 High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ESPOS 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1

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