Recommended update for irqbalance

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:2419-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for irqbalance fixes the following issues:

  • A potential segmentation fault due to incorrect error handling. (bsc#996056)
  • A memory leak on systems without PCI devices like AWS EC2 PV VMs. (bsc#1000291)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-irqbalance-12768=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-irqbalance-12768=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • irqbalance-1.0.4-0.20.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • irqbalance-1.0.4-0.20.1

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