Recommended update for gcc48

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:1116-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7

An update that has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for the system compiler gcc48 fixes the following issues:

  • Support for generating IBM Z series Spectre Variant 2 fix method "expolines" was added (bsc#1083945)
  • A miscompilation of SPECcpu2017 526.blender was fixed. (bsc#1082130)
  • ARM Arch64 Cortex-A53 errata 843419 and 835769 were enabled by default, which could have lead to crashes of built binaries. (bsc#1087932)

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 OpenStack Cloud 6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-2018-1116=1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2018-1116=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-1116=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2018-1116=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2018-1116=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2018-1116=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-1116=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-1116=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1116=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1116=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1116=1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2018-1116=1

Package List:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 (x86_64)
    • smartmontools-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debugsource-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debuginfo-6.6-6.3.3
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 (x86_64)
    • smartmontools-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debugsource-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debuginfo-6.6-6.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • smartmontools-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debugsource-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debuginfo-6.6-6.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • smartmontools-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debugsource-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debuginfo-6.6-6.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • smartmontools-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debugsource-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debuginfo-6.6-6.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • smartmontools-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debugsource-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debuginfo-6.6-6.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • smartmontools-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debugsource-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debuginfo-6.6-6.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS 12-SP2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • smartmontools-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debugsource-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debuginfo-6.6-6.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • smartmontools-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debugsource-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debuginfo-6.6-6.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • smartmontools-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debugsource-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debuginfo-6.6-6.3.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • smartmontools-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debugsource-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debuginfo-6.6-6.3.3
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 (x86_64)
    • smartmontools-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debugsource-6.6-6.3.3
    • smartmontools-debuginfo-6.6-6.3.3

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