Recommended update for mdadm

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2023:2615-1
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for mdadm fixes the following issues:

  • Grow: fix possible memory leak (bsc#1208618)
  • Use source code mdadm-4.2.tar.xz from kernel.org version for checksum

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 15.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-2615=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-2615=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-2615=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.2-150500.6.3.1
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-150500.6.3.1
    • mdadm-4.2-150500.6.3.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.2-150500.6.3.1
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.2-150500.6.3.1
    • mdadm-4.2-150500.6.3.1

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