Recommended update for multipath-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2698-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12

An update that has 25 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for multipath-tools provides the following fixes:

  • Add /usr/lib/dracut/dracut.conf.d/50-multipath-tools.conf. (bsc#1039045, bsc#1030314, bsc#1032487, bsc#1037299)
  • Fix sanitize delete partitions in kpartx. (bsc#1033541)
  • Fix check for new path states. (bsc#1019798)
  • Use existing alias from bindings file. (bsc#1005255)
  • Fix memory corruption problem in multipathd. (bsc#1022996)
  • Sanitize how kpartx delete partitions. (bsc#1008691)
  • Issue systemd READY after initial configuration. (bsc#1006469, bsc#1006118)
  • Re-add 'Before: lvm2-activation-early.service' to multipathd.service. (bsc#1019181)
  • Fix filtering of device-mapper devices. (bsc#1017009)
  • Do not load invalid maps. (bsc#1005546)
  • Calculate priority even for ghost paths. (bsc#1005546)
  • Skip conf==NULL check in socket listener thread. (bsc#1005414)
  • Set DI_SERIAL in 'multipath -ll' output. (bsc#991432)
  • Fall back to search paths by devt. (bsc#1003972)
  • Add new "find_multipaths" configuration option. (bsc#999522)
  • Add "need_suspend" parameter. (bsc#986838)
  • Check partitions unused before removing. (bsc#986838)
  • Start multipathd daemon after udev trigger. (bsc#986734, bsc#984669)
  • Fix check from udev rules. (bsc#986734, bsc#984669)
  • Remove calls to dm_udev_complete. (bsc#986838)
  • Add 'wwn' and 'serial' keywords to weightedpath prioritizer. (bsc#991432)
  • Update multipath.rules to deal with partition devices. (bsc#979280)
  • Avoid potential memory overflow allocating polls in uxlsnr.
  • Correctly zero out cookie in libmultipath's dm_simplecmd.
  • Ensure multipathd enters IDLE mode before sleeping in checkerloop().
  • Prevent multipathd from accessing configuration in IDLE mode.
  • Fix loss of the complete multipath map after single path loss. (bsc#980933)
  • Fix systemd build requirements. (bsc#983167)
  • Add fixes for md_monitor on zFCP. (fate#319070)

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 Server 12 LTSS 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-1670=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-0.5.0-42.15.1
    • kpartx-0.5.0-42.15.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.5.0-42.15.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.5.0-42.15.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.5.0-42.15.1

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