Recommended update for kmod

Announcement ID:	SUSE-RU-2017:0204-1
Rating:	low
References:	bsc#998906
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for kmod fixes a rare race condition while loading modules.

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 Desktop 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-98=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-98=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-98=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2017-98=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-98=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-98=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-98=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-98=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-98=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-98=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 (x86_64)
  • kmod-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • libkmod2-17-8.1
  • kmod-compat-17-8.1
  • libkmod2-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • kmod-17-8.1
  • kmod-debugsource-17-8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
  • kmod-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • libkmod2-17-8.1
  • kmod-compat-17-8.1
  • libkmod2-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • kmod-17-8.1
  • kmod-debugsource-17-8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
  • kmod-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • libkmod2-17-8.1
  • kmod-compat-17-8.1
  • libkmod2-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • kmod-17-8.1
  • kmod-debugsource-17-8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kmod-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • kmod-debugsource-17-8.1
  • libkmod-devel-17-8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kmod-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • kmod-debugsource-17-8.1
  • libkmod-devel-17-8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • kmod-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • libkmod2-17-8.1
  • kmod-compat-17-8.1
  • libkmod2-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • kmod-17-8.1
  • kmod-debugsource-17-8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kmod-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • libkmod2-17-8.1
  • kmod-compat-17-8.1
  • libkmod2-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • kmod-17-8.1
  • kmod-debugsource-17-8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • kmod-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • libkmod2-17-8.1
  • kmod-compat-17-8.1
  • libkmod2-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • kmod-17-8.1
  • kmod-debugsource-17-8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • kmod-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • libkmod2-17-8.1
  • kmod-compat-17-8.1
  • libkmod2-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • kmod-17-8.1
  • kmod-debugsource-17-8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • kmod-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • libkmod2-17-8.1
  • kmod-compat-17-8.1
  • libkmod2-debuginfo-17-8.1
  • kmod-17-8.1
  • kmod-debugsource-17-8.1

References:

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998906