Recommended update for udev

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:14765-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for udev fixes the following issues:

  • Increase the buffer size used to collect the output of program run by IMPORT{program} from 4096 to 16384 so lengthy outputs (such as the ones from mdadm) are properly handled. (bsc#1091754)
  • Restrict import of parent variables in 65-cciss-compat.rules. (bsc#1184510)

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 Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-udev-14765=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-udev-14765=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64 i586)
    • udev-147-0.111.5.1
    • libgudev-1_0-0-147-0.111.5.1
    • libudev0-147-0.111.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • libgudev-1_0-0-32bit-147-0.111.5.1
    • libudev0-32bit-147-0.111.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64 i586)
    • udev-147-0.111.5.1
    • libgudev-1_0-0-147-0.111.5.1
    • libudev0-147-0.111.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • libgudev-1_0-0-32bit-147-0.111.5.1
    • libudev0-32bit-147-0.111.5.1

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