Recommended update for s390-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:2227-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for s390-tools fixes the following issues:

  • zipl: prevent endless loop during secure IPL (bsc#1174309)
  • zipl: check for valid ipl parmblock lowcore pointer (bsc#1174310)
  • zipl: Fix KVM IPL without bootindex (bsc1174311)
  • Updated cputype and read_values to recognize the new z15 models.

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-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-2227=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (s390x)
    • s390-tools-zdsfs-debuginfo-2.11.0-9.6.1
    • s390-tools-debugsource-2.11.0-9.6.1
    • s390-tools-hmcdrvfs-debuginfo-2.11.0-9.6.1
    • osasnmpd-debuginfo-2.11.0-9.6.1
    • s390-tools-zdsfs-2.11.0-9.6.1
    • osasnmpd-2.11.0-9.6.1
    • s390-tools-debuginfo-2.11.0-9.6.1
    • s390-tools-2.11.0-9.6.1
    • s390-tools-hmcdrvfs-2.11.0-9.6.1

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