Recommended update for multipath-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:2867-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • 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 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that has nine fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for multipath-tools fixes the following issues:

  • kpartx: Recognize DASD on loop devices again. (bsc#1139775)
  • kpartx.rules: Fix handling of synthetic uevents. (bsc#1161923)
  • libmpathpersist: Limit PRIN allocation length to 8192 bytes. (bsc#1165786)
  • Fix handling of incompletely initialized udev devices. (bsc#1172157)
  • Avoid data corruption caused by duplicate alias in bindings file. (bsc#1172429)
  • Improve logging for failure to set dev_loss_tmo. (bsc#1173060, bsc#1173064)
  • Fix handling of hardware properties for maps without paths. (bsc#1176644)
  • Backported upstream fixes (bsc#1176670):
  • multipath-tools: add HPE MSA 1060/2060 to hwtable.
  • ALUA support for PURE FlashArray.
  • libmultipath: EMC PowerMax NVMe device config.
  • libmultipath: Fix ALUA autodetection when paths are down.

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-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-2867=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.9.1
    • libdmmp0_2_0-debuginfo-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.9.1
    • libdmmp-devel-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.9.1
    • libdmmp0_2_0-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.9.1
    • multipath-tools-devel-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.9.1
    • kpartx-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.9.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.9.1
    • multipath-tools-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.9.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.9.1

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