SUSE-RU-2020:0259-1: important: Recommended update for kdump

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for kdump
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2020:0259-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1021484 #1021846 #1036223 #1047609 #1047634 
                    #1068234 #1080953 #1094444 #1101149 #1102252 
                    #1108919 #1116463 #1117652 #1125011 #1133407 
                    #1141064 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4
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   An update that has 16 recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:

   This update for kdump fixes the following issues:

   - Fixes an issue where the OS might be hanging when triggering kdump over
     a USB disk (bsc#1101149)
   - Fixes an issue where kdump failed when a crash is triggered after CPU
     hot removal (bsc#1133407)
   - Fixes an issue where kdump could not be used on mounted nfs paths
     (bsc#1094444, bsc#1116463, bsc#1141064)
   - Fixes an issue where kdump crashed after booting the OS (bsc#1021484,
     bsc#1080953)
   - Added ':force' as an option to KDUMP_NETCONFIG to force network setup in
     kdump. This is needed to configure fence_kdump (bsc#1108919)
   - Improved the handling of NSS (bsc#1021846)
   - Fixes an issue where the kdump mount points were not unmounted before
     switching to system root. This could lead to devices being busy during
     system shutdown (bsc#1102252, bsc#1125011)


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 12-SP5:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-259=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-259=1



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      kdump-0.8.16-11.5.1
      kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-11.5.1
      kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-11.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      kdump-0.8.16-11.5.1
      kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-11.5.1
      kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-11.5.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1021484
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1021846
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1036223
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1047609
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1047634
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068234
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1080953
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1094444
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1101149
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1102252
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108919
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1116463
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1117652
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1125011
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1133407
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1141064