Recommended update for autofs

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for autofs
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1366-1
Rating: moderate
References: #774241 #777709 #778537 #779114 #780990 #784288
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that has 6 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This consolidated update for autofs provides an enhancement
    to support individual timeouts for each direct map present
    in the master map.

    In addition, the following fixes are added:

    * fix submount shutdown race
    * fix locking problems in the master source mutex that
    could cause deadlocks
    * fix lookup for keys in an included multi-mount map
    * fix buffer initialization in the master map parser
    * fix an use after free mistake in
    lookup_prune_one_cache() that could cause a segmentation
    fault

    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 Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-autofs-6936
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-autofs-6936
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-autofs-6936

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • autofs-5.0.5-11.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • autofs-5.0.5-11.27.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • autofs-5.0.5-11.27.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/774241
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/777709
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/778537
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/779114
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/780990
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/784288
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f5d4932a0dfed46f381ce5f06579eb64