Recommended update for multipath-tools

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for multipath-tools
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2014:0488-1
Rating: important
References: #868443
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for multipath-tools fixes a potential
    segmentation fault when reading multipath's configuration
    file.

    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 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-kpartx-9058
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-kpartx-9058
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-kpartx-9058

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • kpartx-0.4.9-0.97.1
    • multipath-tools-0.4.9-0.97.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • kpartx-0.4.9-0.97.1
    • multipath-tools-0.4.9-0.97.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
    • kpartx-0.4.9-0.97.1
    • multipath-tools-0.4.9-0.97.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/868443
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=e5ee8603d3ad5d3fa069f57a0eb1366d