Recommended update for kmod

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:3203-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 Business Critical Linux 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for kmod fixes the following issues:

  • Use docbook 4 rather than docbook 5 for building man pages (bsc#1190190).
  • Enable support for ZSTD compressed modules
  • Display module information even for modules built into the running kernel (bsc#1189537)
  • '/usr/lib' should override '/lib' where both are available. Support '/usr/lib' for depmod.d as well.

  • Remove test patches included in release 29

  • Update to release 29

  • Fix modinfo -F not working for built-in modules and certain fields.
  • Fix a memory leak, overflow and double free on error path.

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2021-3203=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-3203=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • kmod-29-4.9.1
    • kmod-debuginfo-29-4.9.1
    • libkmod2-debuginfo-29-4.9.1
    • libkmod-devel-29-4.9.1
    • libkmod2-29-4.9.1
    • kmod-debugsource-29-4.9.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch)
    • kmod-bash-completion-29-4.9.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kmod-29-4.9.1
    • kmod-debuginfo-29-4.9.1
    • libkmod-devel-29-4.9.1
    • libkmod2-debuginfo-29-4.9.1
    • libkmod2-29-4.9.1
    • kmod-debugsource-29-4.9.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (noarch)
    • kmod-bash-completion-29-4.9.1

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