Recommended update for mdadm

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for mdadm
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:0253-1
Rating: moderate
References: #930417 #939124 #952644 #958597
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

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

    Description:


    This update for mdadm fixes the following issues:

    - Fix corruption of DDF anchor. (bsc#930417)
    - Fix problem with adding spare to degraded array. (bsc#958597)
    - Fix regression in "mdadm /dev/mdXX --remove failed" handling.
    (bsc#952644)
    - Fix crash when running --detail on a dm device which contains an md
    device. (bsc#939124)

    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-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-mdadm-12367=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp4-mdadm-12367=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-mdadm-12367=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • mdadm-3.3.1-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64):
      • mdadm-3.3.1-9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • mdadm-debuginfo-3.3.1-9.1
      • mdadm-debugsource-3.3.1-9.1

    References: