Recommended update for udev

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for udev
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0964-1
Rating: moderate
References: #697103 #763501
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

  • An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update to udev resolves the following issues:

    * Increase the internal buffer used to receive netlink
    messages (bnc#763501)
    * Use secure version of getenv() in libudev
    (bnc#697103).

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-libudev-devel-6599
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-libudev-devel-6599
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-libudev-devel-6599
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-libudev-devel-6599

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libudev-devel-128-13.20.1
    • libudev0-128-13.20.1
    • libvolume_id-devel-128-13.20.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • libvolume_id1-128-13.20.1
    • udev-128-13.20.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libvolume_id1-128-13.20.1
    • udev-128-13.20.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
    • libvolume_id1-128-13.20.1
    • udev-128-13.20.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/697103
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/763501
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=3aaa6c31bd3326153634adb0f3f1bd11