Recommended update for psmisc

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2022:1491-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • 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 one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for psmisc fixes the following issues:

  • Add a fallback if the system call name_to_handle_at() is not supported by the used file system.
  • Replace the synchronizing over pipes of the sub process for the stat(2) system call with mutex and conditions from pthreads(7) (bsc#1194172)
  • Use statx(2) or SYS_statx system call to replace the stat(2) system call and avoid the sub process (bsc#1194172)

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 15.4
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2022-1491=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2022-1491=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-RT-15-SP2-2022-1491=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2022-1491=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2022-1491=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2022-1491=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2022-1491=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • psmisc-23.0-150000.6.22.1
    • psmisc-debuginfo-23.0-150000.6.22.1
    • psmisc-debugsource-23.0-150000.6.22.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
    • psmisc-lang-23.0-150000.6.22.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • psmisc-23.0-150000.6.22.1
    • psmisc-debuginfo-23.0-150000.6.22.1
    • psmisc-debugsource-23.0-150000.6.22.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (noarch)
    • psmisc-lang-23.0-150000.6.22.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 (x86_64)
    • psmisc-23.0-150000.6.22.1
    • psmisc-debuginfo-23.0-150000.6.22.1
    • psmisc-debugsource-23.0-150000.6.22.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 (noarch)
    • psmisc-lang-23.0-150000.6.22.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • psmisc-23.0-150000.6.22.1
    • psmisc-debuginfo-23.0-150000.6.22.1
    • psmisc-debugsource-23.0-150000.6.22.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • psmisc-23.0-150000.6.22.1
    • psmisc-debuginfo-23.0-150000.6.22.1
    • psmisc-debugsource-23.0-150000.6.22.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • psmisc-23.0-150000.6.22.1
    • psmisc-debuginfo-23.0-150000.6.22.1
    • psmisc-debugsource-23.0-150000.6.22.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • psmisc-23.0-150000.6.22.1
    • psmisc-debuginfo-23.0-150000.6.22.1
    • psmisc-debugsource-23.0-150000.6.22.1

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