Recommended update for multipath-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2026:0408-1
Release Date: 2026-02-09T14:12:55Z
Rating: important
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that has six fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for multipath-tools fixes the following issues:

  • Update to version 0.10.6+201+suse.9f189e79:
    • libmultipath: reduce log level of "map X has no targets" (bsc#1257476)
  • Update to version 0.10.6+200+suse.547788f4 (bsc#1257007):
    • kpartx: fix segfault when operating on regular files (bsc#1257244, bsc#1257153)
    • multipathd: print path offline message even without a checker (bsc#1254094)
    • Fix command descriptions in the multipathd man page.
    • Fix ISO C23 compatibility issue causing errors with new compilers.
    • Fix memory leak caused by not joining the "init unwinder" thread.
    • Fix memory leaks in kpartx.
    • Print the warning "setting scsi timeouts is unsupported for protocol" only once per protocol.
    • Make sure multipath-tools is compiled with the compiler flag -fno-strict-aliasing (bsc#1255285).
  • Update to version 0.10.5+213+suse.04c3a0ac:
    • Log offline path state if "log_checker_err always" is set (bsc#1254094)
    • mpathpersist: Fix REPORT CAPABILITIES output

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-408=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kpartx-0.10.6+201+suse.9f189e79-150700.3.11.1
    • libmpath0-debuginfo-0.10.6+201+suse.9f189e79-150700.3.11.1
    • libdmmp0_2_0-debuginfo-0.10.6+201+suse.9f189e79-150700.3.11.1
    • multipath-tools-devel-0.10.6+201+suse.9f189e79-150700.3.11.1
    • multipath-tools-0.10.6+201+suse.9f189e79-150700.3.11.1
    • libdmmp0_2_0-0.10.6+201+suse.9f189e79-150700.3.11.1
    • libdmmp-devel-0.10.6+201+suse.9f189e79-150700.3.11.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.10.6+201+suse.9f189e79-150700.3.11.1
    • libmpath0-0.10.6+201+suse.9f189e79-150700.3.11.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.10.6+201+suse.9f189e79-150700.3.11.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.10.6+201+suse.9f189e79-150700.3.11.1

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