Recommended update for kexec-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:2975-1
Rating: critical
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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 four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for kexec-tools fixes the following issues:

  • Fixes an issue where XEN fails to start 'kdump' service. (bsc#1133877, bsc#1141559, bsc#1172688)
  • Fix for loading kdump kernel with kexec on startup. (bsc#1168698)

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-SP1-2020-2975=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kexec-tools-debuginfo-2.0.16-7.2.1
    • kexec-tools-debugsource-2.0.16-7.2.1
    • kexec-tools-2.0.16-7.2.1

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