SUSE-RU-2015:0507-1: 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-2015:0507-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #889927 #898427 #900758 #901465 #901809 #901891 
                    #907483 #908915 #909742 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
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   An update that has 9 recommended fixes can now be installed.

Description:

   This update for multipath-tools provides the following fixes:

   - Skip uninitialized devices during reconfiguration (bsc#908915)
   - Fix memory overflow when printing help text (bsc#909742)
   - Trigger all devices on multipathd startup (bsc#901465)
   - Fall back to SG_IO if no UID could be assigned (bsc#908915)
   - Assign local priority for NAA VPD descriptor (bsc#907483)
   - Fix dev_loss_tmo setting (bsc#889927)
   - Do not use 'sscanf' for parsing integers (bsc#889927)
   - Do not flush I/O for DM_DEVICE_CREATE (bsc#901809)
   - Fix kpartx to handle more than 256 loop devices (bsc#898427)
   - Fix multipathd locking in uev_remove_map() (bsc#901891)
   - Use global variable for uxsock timeout (bsc#900758)
   - Add %service calls for multipathd.socket.


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:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-124=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-124=1

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


Package List:

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

      multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.5.0-33.1
      multipath-tools-debugsource-0.5.0-33.1
      multipath-tools-devel-0.5.0-33.1

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

      kpartx-0.5.0-33.1
      kpartx-debuginfo-0.5.0-33.1
      multipath-tools-0.5.0-33.1
      multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.5.0-33.1
      multipath-tools-debugsource-0.5.0-33.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/889927
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/898427
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/900758
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/901465
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/901809
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/901891
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/907483
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/908915
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/909742



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