Recommended update for hyper-v

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:2350-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for hyper-v fixes the following issues:

  • Remove dependency to network-online.target now that gethostname is used in kvp_daemon. (bsc#1174443, bsc#1174444)
  • Reopen the devices if read() or write() returns errors
  • Use either python2 or python3 for lsvmbus. (bsc#1093910)
  • Remove sysv init scripts
  • Enable build on aarch64
  • Use gethostname for async name resolution. (bsc#1100758)
  • Asynchronous name resolution in kvp_daemon. (bsc#1100758)
  • kvp: eliminate 'may be used uninitialized' warning
  • Fixed Python pep8/flake8 warnings for lsvmbus
  • Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX
  • Fix a warning of buffer overflow with gcc 8.0.1
  • fcopy: set 'error' in case an unknown operation was requested
  • vss: fix loop device detection.
  • Fix IP reporting by KVP daemon with SRIOV
  • Fix a bug in the key delete code
  • Fix compiler warnings about major/target_fname

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-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-2350=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-2350=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-2350=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-2350=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-2350=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • hyper-v-8-6.3.1
    • hyper-v-debugsource-8-6.3.1
    • hyper-v-debuginfo-8-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (x86_64)
    • hyper-v-8-6.3.1
    • hyper-v-debugsource-8-6.3.1
    • hyper-v-debuginfo-8-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (x86_64)
    • hyper-v-8-6.3.1
    • hyper-v-debugsource-8-6.3.1
    • hyper-v-debuginfo-8-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (x86_64)
    • hyper-v-8-6.3.1
    • hyper-v-debugsource-8-6.3.1
    • hyper-v-debuginfo-8-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (x86_64)
    • hyper-v-8-6.3.1
    • hyper-v-debugsource-8-6.3.1
    • hyper-v-debuginfo-8-6.3.1

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