SUSE-RU-2022:1557-1: moderate: Recommended update for psmisc

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for psmisc
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2022:1557-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1194172 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5
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   An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed.

Description:

   This update for psmisc fixes the following issues:

   - Add a fallback if the system call name_to_handle_at() is not supported
     by the used file system.
   - Replace the synchronizing over pipes of the sub process for the stat(2)
     system call with mutex and conditions from pthreads(7) (bsc#1194172)
   - Use statx(2) or SYS_statx system call to replace the stat(2) system call
     and avoid the sub process (bsc#1194172)


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-SP5-2022-1557=1



Package List:

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

      psmisc-22.21-6.25.1
      psmisc-debuginfo-22.21-6.25.1
      psmisc-debugsource-22.21-6.25.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (noarch):

      psmisc-lang-22.21-6.25.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194172