Recommended update for mdadm

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:2274-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

An update that has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for mdadm provides the following fix:

  • Assemble: Prevent a segmentation fault with faulty "best" devices. (bsc#1082766, bsc#1095729)
  • Bugfix: Devices with IDs bigger then 500 can't be assembled anymore under /dev/ (bsc#1090819)
  • License file gets now installed in the correct directory

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 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-1534=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1534=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1534=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1534=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • mdadm-4.0-6.16.1
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-6.16.1
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-6.16.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • mdadm-4.0-6.16.1
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-6.16.1
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-6.16.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • mdadm-4.0-6.16.1
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-6.16.1
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-6.16.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • mdadm-4.0-6.16.1
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-6.16.1
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-6.16.1

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