Recommended update for mdadm

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for mdadm
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:1648-1
Rating: moderate
References: #853944 #939124 #953595 #954769 #956236 #957886 #958597 #966773 #974154
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1

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

    Description:


    This update for mdadm fixes the following issues:

    - A segmentation fault when a disk is re-added to the system shortly after
    being removed. (bsc#974154)
    - A problem when adding a spare disk to a degraded array. (bsc#958597)
    - A misleading error code returned by mdadm --detail on inactive arrays.
    (bsc#966773)
    - "Insufficient head-space for reshape" error when attempting to expand
    array on s390x systems. (bsc#953595)
    - Message "Starting Activate md array even though degraded..." could be
    erroneously printed at boot time. (bsc#853944)
    - The mdcheck script could try to check a non-existent '/dev/md?*' device.
    (bsc#957886)
    - The mdcheck script could fail to parse the output of mdadm --detail.
    (bsc#957886)
    - Add sample crontab file to schedule mdcheck execution if enabled in
    sysconfig. (bsc#957886)
    - An issue when displaying detailed information on Number and RaidDevice
    fields. (bsc#954769)
    - A crash when running --detail on a dm device which contains an md
    device. (bsc#939124)
    - Ignore multipath devices when not yet ready. (bsc#956236)

    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 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-982=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-982=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • mdadm-3.3.1-25.1
      • mdadm-debuginfo-3.3.1-25.1
      • mdadm-debugsource-3.3.1-25.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):
      • mdadm-3.3.1-25.1
      • mdadm-debuginfo-3.3.1-25.1
      • mdadm-debugsource-3.3.1-25.1

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