Recommended update for multipath-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:3015-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5

An update that has 10 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for multipath-tools fixes the following issues:

  • Fixed an issue where mapping two WWID's to the same multipath led to a data corruption (bsc#1172429)
  • Fix handling of hardware properties for maps without paths (bsc#1176644)
  • Improved logging of some failure cases (bsc#1173060, bsc#1173064)
  • Fixes an issue where the time origin haven't been resetted while waiting for the recovery time to expire (bsc#1149319)
  • Fixed handling of incompletely initialized udev devices (bsc#1172157)
  • Fixed an issue when handling synthetic uevents (bsc#1161923)
  • Fixed an issue where DASD on loop devices was no longer recognized correctly (bsc#1139775)
  • Limited the PRIN allocation length to 8192 bytes (bsc#1165786)

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-3015=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-3015=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-3015=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-3015=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-devel-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • kpartx-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1
    • multipath-tools-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kpartx-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1
    • multipath-tools-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kpartx-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1
    • multipath-tools-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.7.9+195+suse.16740c5-3.3.1

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