Recommended update for dracut

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:1967-1
Rating: important
References:
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that has 10 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for dracut fixes the following issues:

  • 95dasd-rules 95zfcp-rules: was not correctly looking for rule names (bsc#1137784)
  • Early microcode was not added from files with .early postfix (bsc#1098915, bsc#1125393)
  • GPIO modules weren't get included on ARM (bsc#1133819)
  • Routes were not properly added due to a spelling error (bsc#1134347)
  • Decouple iscsi from sysinit.target (bsc#1134472)
  • dracut-lib.sh:dev_unit_name() guard against $dev beginning with "-" (bsc#1132448)
  • 95iscsi: error messages were created when building initrd, due to multipath timeouts (bsc#1130114, bsc#1130107, bsc#1121238)

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-15-2019-1967=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2019-1967=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.2-18.28.1
    • dracut-ima-044.2-18.28.1
    • dracut-044.2-18.28.1
    • dracut-fips-044.2-18.28.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.2-18.28.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • dracut-debuginfo-044.2-18.28.1
    • dracut-ima-044.2-18.28.1
    • dracut-044.2-18.28.1
    • dracut-fips-044.2-18.28.1
    • dracut-debugsource-044.2-18.28.1

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