Recommended update for libpulp

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2023:2524-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

An update that contains one feature and has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libpulp fixes the following issues:

Update package with libpulp-0.2.10:

  • Fix typo which makes write_bytes fallback to ptrace mode when vm_writev is available.
  • Detect when mprotect is blocked by seccomp (process launched by systemd, for example) and disable livepatching in the process (bsc#1210224, jsc#PED-2877).

Update package with libpulp-0.2.9:

  • Add mechanism to enable or disable livepatching based or environment variables and in the new command ulp set_patchable (jsc#PED-2877).
  • Change patch already applied message from error to skipped.

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-15.4-2023-2524=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Live-Patching-15-SP4-2023-2524=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)
    • libpulp-debugsource-0.2.10-150400.3.15.1
    • libpulp0-0.2.10-150400.3.15.1
    • libpulp-tools-debuginfo-0.2.10-150400.3.15.1
    • libpulp0-debuginfo-0.2.10-150400.3.15.1
    • libpulp-debuginfo-0.2.10-150400.3.15.1
    • libpulp-tools-0.2.10-150400.3.15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15-SP4 (x86_64)
    • libpulp-debugsource-0.2.10-150400.3.15.1
    • libpulp0-0.2.10-150400.3.15.1
    • libpulp-tools-debuginfo-0.2.10-150400.3.15.1
    • libpulp0-debuginfo-0.2.10-150400.3.15.1
    • libpulp-debuginfo-0.2.10-150400.3.15.1
    • libpulp-tools-0.2.10-150400.3.15.1

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