Optional update for haveged
SUSE Optional Update: Optional update for haveged
This update provides haveged , an entropy gathering daemon
that feeds the linux kernel entropy pool with random
numbers generated from hidden processor states. For more
information please refer to
http://www.issihosts.com/haveged/
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-OU-2012:0141-1 |
| Rating: | low |
| References: | #741186 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has one optional fix can now be installed. It includes one version update.
Description:
This update provides haveged , an entropy gathering daemon
that feeds the linux kernel entropy pool with random
numbers generated from hidden processor states. For more
information please refer to
http://www.issihosts.com/haveged/
Indications:
Every virtualized system should install this package.
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Optional Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-haveged-5682 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-haveged-5682 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sledsp1-haveged-5682 - SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.1 [Appliance - Tools]:
zypper in -t patch sleslmssp1-haveged-5682
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- haveged-1.3-0.6.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.3]:
- haveged-1.3-0.6.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 1.3]:
- haveged-1.3-0.6.1
- SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.1 [Appliance - Tools] (x86_64) [New Version: 1.3]:
- haveged-1.3-0.6.1
References:
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/741186
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=2fe475f591e86f481ff1e86d09d1f342