Recommended update for multipath-tools

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for multipath-tools
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2015:0507-2
Rating: moderate
References: #889927 #898427 #900758 #901465 #901809 #901891 #907483 #908915 #909742
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

  • An update that has 9 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:

    This update for multipath-tools provides the following fixes:

    - Skip uninitialized devices during reconfiguration (bsc#908915)
    - Fix memory overflow when printing help text (bsc#909742)
    - Trigger all devices on multipathd startup (bsc#901465)
    - Fall back to SG_IO if no UID could be assigned (bsc#908915)
    - Assign local priority for NAA VPD descriptor (bsc#907483)
    - Fix dev_loss_tmo setting (bsc#889927)
    - Do not use 'sscanf' for parsing integers (bsc#889927)
    - Do not flush I/O for DM_DEVICE_CREATE (bsc#901809)
    - Fix kpartx to handle more than 256 loop devices (bsc#898427)
    - Fix multipathd locking in uev_remove_map() (bsc#901891)
    - Use global variable for uxsock timeout (bsc#900758)
    - Add %service calls for multipathd.socket.

    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 Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-124=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • kpartx-0.5.0-33.1
      • kpartx-debuginfo-0.5.0-33.1
      • multipath-tools-0.5.0-33.1
      • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.5.0-33.1
      • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.5.0-33.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/889927
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/898427
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/900758
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/901465
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/901809
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/901891
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/907483
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/908915
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/909742