SUSE-RU-2025:20358-1: moderate: Recommended update for lsof

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# Recommended update for lsof

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2025:20358-1  
Release Date: 2025-05-27T07:48:45Z  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * bsc#1224285
  * bsc#1232425

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

  
  
An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for lsof fixes the following issues:

  * Update to version 4.99.4:
  * In lsof manpage: mention /etc/services for -P option
  * Fix typos in docs
  * Linux 6.9 changed the pidfs appearence in procfs. Try to maintain original
    output in lsof (bsc#1224285)
  * closefrom_shim: Add optimized fallback for platforms without closefrom or
    close_range
  * fix build against -std=c23 (`void (*)()`) changed the meaning)
  * Fix embedding build host kernel version (bsc#1232425)
  * lsof 4.99.3:
  * Fix compilation error when HASIPv6 is not defined
  * Add configure option --disable-liblsof to disable installation of liblsof
  * Skip tests that are difficult to emulate by qemu
  * lsof 4.99.0:
  * Do not hard-code fd numbers in epoll test
  * \--with-selinux configure option.
  * Improve performance by using closefrom()
  * Introduce liblsof for programmatic access over spawning lsof in a subprocess
  * build with libtirpc
  * switch to upstream tarball again as it dropped proprietary code

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 Micro 6.1  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-120=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * lsof-debuginfo-4.99.4-slfo.1.1_1.1
    * lsof-debugsource-4.99.4-slfo.1.1_1.1
    * lsof-4.99.4-slfo.1.1_1.1

## References:

  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1224285
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232425

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