Recommended update for udev

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for udev
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:1466-1
Rating: low
References: #809540 #818146
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

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

    Description:


    This update fixes the following issues:

    * System crashes with kernel oops while doing DLPAR
    operations under stress (xmon) (bnc#818146)
    * udevd: Allow children created immediately to exit
    after timeout (bnc#809540)

    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 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-libgudev-1_0-0-8184
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-libgudev-1_0-0-8184
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-libgudev-1_0-0-8184
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-libgudev-1_0-0-8184

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-devel-147-0.90.8
    • libudev-devel-147-0.90.8
    • libudev0-147-0.90.8
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-147-0.90.8
    • libudev0-147-0.90.8
    • udev-147-0.90.8
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-32bit-147-0.90.8
    • libudev0-32bit-147-0.90.8
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-147-0.90.8
    • libudev0-147-0.90.8
    • udev-147-0.90.8
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-32bit-147-0.90.8
    • libudev0-32bit-147-0.90.8
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-x86-147-0.90.8
    • libudev0-x86-147-0.90.8
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-147-0.90.8
    • libudev0-147-0.90.8
    • udev-147-0.90.8
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
    • libgudev-1_0-0-32bit-147-0.90.8
    • libudev0-32bit-147-0.90.8

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/809540
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/818146
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=9fcdf18156a4747058ac063f16c1fb64