Recommended update for parted
SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for parted
This update for parted provides the following fixes:
* Do not crash when reading corrupt GPT partition tables. (bsc#904118)
* Tell the kernel to forget about any partitions on devices that have
no recognizable partition table. (bsc#912246)
* Make pc98 probe depend on signatures, preventing false-positive
detection on MSDOS labeled disks. (bsc#833409)
* Fix partition device names on MMC devices. (bsc#847580)
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-RU-2015:0430-1 |
| Rating: | low |
| References: | #833409 #847580 #904118 #912246 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that has four recommended fixes can now be installed.
Description:
This update for parted provides the following fixes:
* Do not crash when reading corrupt GPT partition tables. (bsc#904118)
* Tell the kernel to forget about any partitions on devices that have
no recognizable partition table. (bsc#912246)
* Make pc98 probe depend on signatures, preventing false-positive
detection on MSDOS labeled disks. (bsc#833409)
* Fix partition device names on MMC devices. (bsc#847580)
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-parted=10266 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-parted=10266 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-parted=10266 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-parted=10266
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):
- parted-devel-2.3-10.40.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- parted-2.3-10.40.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):
- parted-32bit-2.3-10.40.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- parted-2.3-10.40.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- parted-32bit-2.3-10.40.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
- parted-x86-2.3-10.40.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- parted-2.3-10.40.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
- parted-32bit-2.3-10.40.2
References:
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/833409
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/847580
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/904118
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/912246
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=fda9245247cc59f1f8e19f5de5e52064