Recommended update for multipath-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:3991-1
Rating: important
References:
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that has 16 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for multipath-tools provides the following fixes:

  • multipath-tools/tests: Add tests for get_unaligned_beXX. (bsc#1099036)
  • multipath: Print sysfs state in fast list mode. (bsc#1110354)
  • multipathd: Use nanosleep for strict timing. (bsc#1110418)
  • multipathd: Try SCSI persistent reservations for SCSI only. (bsc#1108875)
  • multipathd: Release uxsocket and resource when cancel thread. (bsc#1110355)
  • multipathd: Register threads that use rcu calls. (bsc#1110418)
  • multipath: Don't start multipathd unnecessarily. (bsc#1098177)
  • multipathd: Minor upstream bug fixes. (bsc#1110418)
  • multipathd: Function return value tweaks. (bsc#1110418)
  • multipathd: Fix reservation_key check. (bsc#1099008)
  • multipathd: Fix memory leak on error in configure. (bsc#1110418)
  • multipathd: Decrease the log level of uevent messages. (bsc#1110586)
  • libmultipath: Set dm_conf_verbosity. (bsc#1110418)
  • libmultipath: Print correct default for delay_*_checks. (bsc#1110418, bsc#1099026)
  • libmultipath/get_uid: Don't quit prematurely without udev. (bsc#1108728)
  • libmultipath: get_uid: Check VPD pages for SCSI only. (bsc#1108728)
  • libmultipath: Fix sgio_get_vpd(). (bsc#1099484)
  • libmultipath: Fix null dereference int alloc_path_group. (bsc#1110418)
  • libmultipath: Fix memory leak in process_config_dir(). (bsc#1110352)
  • libmultipath: Fix log_pthread processing. (bsc#1110418)
  • libmultipath: Fix length issues in get_vpd_sgio. (bsc#1110418)
  • libmultipath: Fix gcc 8.1 "truncated output" warnings. (bsc#1099007)
  • libmultipath: Fix basenamecpy. (bsc#1110418)
  • libmultipath: Don't use malformed uevents. (bsc#1110418)
  • libmultipath: Avoid error messages from RDAC check. (bsc#1075539)
  • libmultipath: Allow sysfs_pathinfo to return SKIPPED. (bsc#1098458)
  • libmultipath: Add (get|put)_unaligned_be64. (bsc#1099036)
  • libmultipath: pathinfo: Skip hidden devices. (bsc#1110586)
  • libmpathpersist: Use O_RDONLY file descriptors. (bsc#1093220)
  • libmpathpersist: Remove duplicate test in readfullstatus. (bsc#1099007)
  • libmpathpersist: Fix typo in mpath_format_readfullstatus. (bsc#1099007)
  • libmpathpersist: Fix stack overflow in mpath_format_readfullstatus(). (bsc#1099007)
  • libmpathpersist: Fix byte swapping for big endian systems. (bsc#1099036)
  • libmpathpersist: Decrease log level of various messages. (bsc#1099007)
  • libmpathpersist: Fix an off-by-one error in PRIN length check. (bsc#1099007)
  • Introduce the ibmultipath/unaligned.h header file. (bsc#1099036)

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-2852=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libdmmp0_1_0-debuginfo-0.7.3+102+suse.be95116-3.7.1
    • libdmmp0_1_0-0.7.3+102+suse.be95116-3.7.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.3+102+suse.be95116-3.7.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.3+102+suse.be95116-3.7.1
    • multipath-tools-devel-0.7.3+102+suse.be95116-3.7.1
    • multipath-tools-rbd-0.7.3+102+suse.be95116-3.7.1
    • kpartx-0.7.3+102+suse.be95116-3.7.1
    • multipath-tools-rbd-debuginfo-0.7.3+102+suse.be95116-3.7.1
    • libdmmp-devel-0.7.3+102+suse.be95116-3.7.1
    • multipath-tools-0.7.3+102+suse.be95116-3.7.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.7.3+102+suse.be95116-3.7.1

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