SUSE-RU-2016:2656-1: moderate: Recommended update for multipath-tools

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for multipath-tools
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2016:2656-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #979280 #980933 #983167 #991432 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
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   An update that has four recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:


   This update for multipath-tools provides the following fixes:

   - 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)


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1560=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-1560=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-1560=1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.5.0-55.1
      multipath-tools-debugsource-0.5.0-55.1
      multipath-tools-devel-0.5.0-55.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      kpartx-0.5.0-55.1
      kpartx-debuginfo-0.5.0-55.1
      multipath-tools-0.5.0-55.1
      multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.5.0-55.1
      multipath-tools-debugsource-0.5.0-55.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 (x86_64):

      kpartx-0.5.0-55.1
      kpartx-debuginfo-0.5.0-55.1
      multipath-tools-0.5.0-55.1
      multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.5.0-55.1
      multipath-tools-debugsource-0.5.0-55.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/979280
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/980933
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/983167
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/991432



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