Recommended update for wicked

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2023:2875-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1

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

Description:

This update for wicked fixes the following issues:

  • Update to version 0.6.73
  • Fix arp notify loop and burst sending (boo#1212806)
  • Allow verify/notify counter and interval configuration
  • Handle ENOBUFS sending errors (bsc#1203300)
  • Improve environment variable handling
  • Refactor firmware extension definition
  • Enable, disable and revert cli commands
  • Fix memory leaks, add array/list utils
  • Ignore WIRELESS_EAP_AUTH within TLS (bsc#1211026)
  • Cleanup /var/run leftovers in extension scripts (bsc#1194557)
  • Output formatting improvements and Unicode support
  • bond: workaround 6.1 kernel enslave regression (bsc#1206674)
  • Add wicked firmware command to improve ibft,nbft,redfish firmware extension and interface handling.
  • Improve error handling in netif firmware discovery extension execution and extension definition overrides in the wicked-config.
  • Fix use-after-free in debug mode (bsc#1206447)
  • Replace transitional %usrmerged macro with regular version check (bsc#1206798)
  • Improve to show no-carrier in ifstatus output
  • Cleanup inclusions and update uapi header to 6.0
  • Link mode nwords cleanup and new advertise mode names
  • Enable raw-ip support for wwan-qmi interfaces (jsc#PED-90)

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-LTSS-2023-2875=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2023-2875=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2023-2875=1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • wicked-debugsource-0.6.73-150100.3.32.1
    • wicked-0.6.73-150100.3.32.1
    • wicked-debuginfo-0.6.73-150100.3.32.1
    • wicked-service-0.6.73-150100.3.32.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • wicked-debugsource-0.6.73-150100.3.32.1
    • wicked-0.6.73-150100.3.32.1
    • wicked-debuginfo-0.6.73-150100.3.32.1
    • wicked-service-0.6.73-150100.3.32.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • wicked-debugsource-0.6.73-150100.3.32.1
    • wicked-0.6.73-150100.3.32.1
    • wicked-debuginfo-0.6.73-150100.3.32.1
    • wicked-service-0.6.73-150100.3.32.1
  • SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 (x86_64)
    • wicked-debugsource-0.6.73-150100.3.32.1
    • wicked-0.6.73-150100.3.32.1
    • wicked-debuginfo-0.6.73-150100.3.32.1
    • wicked-service-0.6.73-150100.3.32.1

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