Recommended update for libtirpc, nfs-client

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for libtirpc, nfs-client
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2015:0579-1
Rating: moderate
References: #882973 #887379 #899576 #901628 #916069 #916932 #917616
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 7 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This collective update provides the following fixes:

    libtirpc:

    * Make non-blocking reads work reliably. (bsc#901628)
    * Fix race conditions in getnetconfig which could crash AutoFS.
    (bsc#899576, bsc#882973)

    nfs-utils:

    * Make sure mountd uses non-blocking access to sockets so that it
    never blocks waiting to read. (bsc#901628)
    * Handle external rootflags and internal rootfsopts properly to
    preserve mount options from fstab. (bsc#887379)
    * Fix sm-notify misbehaving on some filesystem types. (bsc#916932)
    * Fix "showmount -e" output. (bsc#917616)
    * Improve /etc/exports documentation. (bsc#916069)

    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-libtirpc-nfs-201502=10392
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-libtirpc-nfs-201502=10392
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-libtirpc-nfs-201502=10392
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-libtirpc-nfs-201502=10392

    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):
      • libtirpc-devel-0.2.1-1.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • libtirpc1-0.2.1-1.7.1
      • nfs-client-1.2.3-18.38.41.1
      • nfs-doc-1.2.3-18.38.41.1
      • nfs-kernel-server-1.2.3-18.38.41.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • libtirpc1-0.2.1-1.7.1
      • nfs-client-1.2.3-18.38.41.1
      • nfs-doc-1.2.3-18.38.41.1
      • nfs-kernel-server-1.2.3-18.38.41.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • libtirpc1-0.2.1-1.7.1
      • nfs-client-1.2.3-18.38.41.1
      • nfs-kernel-server-1.2.3-18.38.41.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/882973
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/887379
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/899576
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/901628
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/916069
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/916932
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/917616
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=2d932137dfcc6f590f974ddcf7ada36c