Recommended update for psmisc

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for psmisc
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:1900-1
Rating: low
References: #908063 #930760 #974161
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1

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

    Description:


    This update for psmisc prevents attempts to close files which are not
    open. This issue could make pstree(1) terminate with a segmentation fault.

    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-SP1-2016-1115=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1115=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • psmisc-22.21-5.3
      • psmisc-debuginfo-22.21-5.3
      • psmisc-debugsource-22.21-5.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (noarch):
      • psmisc-lang-22.21-5.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):
      • psmisc-22.21-5.3
      • psmisc-debuginfo-22.21-5.3
      • psmisc-debugsource-22.21-5.3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (noarch):
      • psmisc-lang-22.21-5.3

    References: