Recommended update for multipath-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:1898-1
Rating: important
References:
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that has 16 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for multipath-tools fixes the following issues:

  • Update from version 0.8.2+140.5146cae to version 0.8.2+166.7501a27:
  • enable negated regular expression syntax in conf file. (bsc#1182917)
  • change default devnode blacklist to '!^(sd[a-z]|dasd[a-z]|nvme[0-9])'
  • fixes for SAS expanders. (bsc#1178377, bsc#1178379, bsc#1177081)
  • Avoid "illegal request" errors on non-RDAC storage. (bsc#1182072, bsc#1177371)
  • kpartx: free loop device after listing partitions. (bsc#1107187)
  • fix issues with SAS expanders. (bsc#1178377, bsc#1178379, bsc#1177081)
  • cleanup uevent generation on startup. (bsc#1178662, bsc#1172157, bsc#1175454, bsc#1176406)
  • Avoid access to root FS while queueing IO. (bsc#1178049, bsc#1181234)
  • libmultipath: force map reload if udev incomplete. (bsc#1178662)
  • kpartx: fix detection of dasd partition tables on loop devices. (bsc#1139775)

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-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-1898=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.0-2021-1898=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libdmmp-devel-0.8.2+166.7501a27-4.9.1
    • kpartx-0.8.2+166.7501a27-4.9.1
    • libdmmp0_2_0-0.8.2+166.7501a27-4.9.1
    • multipath-tools-devel-0.8.2+166.7501a27-4.9.1
    • libdmmp0_2_0-debuginfo-0.8.2+166.7501a27-4.9.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.8.2+166.7501a27-4.9.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.8.2+166.7501a27-4.9.1
    • multipath-tools-0.8.2+166.7501a27-4.9.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.8.2+166.7501a27-4.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • kpartx-0.8.2+166.7501a27-4.9.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.8.2+166.7501a27-4.9.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.8.2+166.7501a27-4.9.1
    • multipath-tools-0.8.2+166.7501a27-4.9.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.8.2+166.7501a27-4.9.1

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