Recommended update for crash

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:2449-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Affected Products:
  • Development Tools 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 six fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for crash fixes the following issues:

  • Fixed an issue when crash has a read error for physical address. (bsc#1177050)
  • Fix "kmem -i" option on Linux 5.9-rc1 and later kernels (bsc#1179970 ltc#188981).
  • Fix crash utility is taking forever to initialize a vmcore from large config system (bsc#1178827 ltc#189279).
  • Corrected project URL in spec file to match the changed upstream location as-of May 30th 2020. (bsc#1179536)
  • Fixed an issue when crash utility emitting seek error while analyzing 'vmcore'. (bsc#1162297)
  • Fix eppic extension build.
  • Fix memory driver build failure with kernels 5.8+.
  • Remove bypass 'lto' and add '-mfull-toc' for 'ppc64le' to check. (bsc#1146646)

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:

  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP2-2021-2449=1

Package List:

  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • crash-devel-7.2.8-18.7.1
    • crash-debuginfo-7.2.8-18.7.1
    • crash-kmp-default-7.2.8_k5.3.18_24.67-18.7.1
    • crash-debugsource-7.2.8-18.7.1
    • crash-kmp-default-debuginfo-7.2.8_k5.3.18_24.67-18.7.1
    • crash-7.2.8-18.7.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP2 (x86_64)
    • crash-gcore-7.2.8-18.7.1
    • crash-gcore-debuginfo-7.2.8-18.7.1

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