Recommended update for selinux-policy

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:0783-1
Rating: low
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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 selinux-policy fixes the following issue:

  • Patch installation fails when SELinux is enabled (bsc#1016385)

This was due to the selinux-policy package embedding PCRE prebuilt regular expressions, which are incompatible to the PCRE minor version update released some weeks ago.

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 for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-440=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2017-440=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-440=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-440=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-440=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-440=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-440=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-440=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (noarch)
    • selinux-policy-20140730-31.1
    • selinux-policy-devel-20140730-31.1
    • selinux-policy-minimum-20140730-31.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • selinux-policy-devel-20140730-31.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2 (noarch)
    • selinux-policy-devel-20140730-31.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • selinux-policy-20140730-31.1
    • selinux-policy-devel-20140730-31.1
    • selinux-policy-minimum-20140730-31.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • selinux-policy-20140730-31.1
    • selinux-policy-devel-20140730-31.1
    • selinux-policy-minimum-20140730-31.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • selinux-policy-20140730-31.1
    • selinux-policy-devel-20140730-31.1
    • selinux-policy-minimum-20140730-31.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • selinux-policy-20140730-31.1
    • selinux-policy-devel-20140730-31.1
    • selinux-policy-minimum-20140730-31.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (noarch)
    • selinux-policy-20140730-31.1
    • selinux-policy-devel-20140730-31.1
    • selinux-policy-minimum-20140730-31.1

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