SUSE-RU-2019:14081-1: moderate: Recommended update for mdadm

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for mdadm
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2019:14081-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1081286 #1082766 #1095141 #1095729 #1096363 
                    #1105175 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
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   An update that has 6 recommended fixes can now be installed.

Description:

   This update for mdadm provides the following fixes:

   - Assemble: Prevent a segmentation fault with faulty "best" devices.
     (bsc#1082766, bsc#1095729)

   - Do not use the bad_blocks and unacknowledged_bad_blocks sysfs entries
     which are not available in SLE11-SP4 kernel. (bsc#1105175)


   - Accept option '--brief' with '--export' (bsc#1095141) Call mdadm
     --detail --export with --brief in 64-md-raid.rules. This should prevent
     overflow on large deployment.
   - md_monitor: use pselect (bsc#1095141)
   - md_monitor: fix crash in display_io_status (bsc#1096363)
   - md_monitor: fixup crash in display_md_status (bsc#1081286), (bsc#1096363)

   - Delete code that require sysfs entries bad_blocks and
     unacknowledged_bad_blocks which are not in SLE11-SP4 kernel.
     (bsc#1105175)


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Recommended 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 11-SP4-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch slessp4-mdadm-14081=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-mdadm-14081=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS (i586 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      mdadm-3.3.1-10.27.4

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      mdadm-debuginfo-3.3.1-10.27.4
      mdadm-debugsource-3.3.1-10.27.4


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1081286
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082766
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1095141
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1095729
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096363
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1105175