SUSE-RU-2025:20099-1: moderate: Recommended update for open-vm-tools

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# Recommended update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2025:20099-1  
Release Date: 2025-02-03T09:16:01Z  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * bsc#1227181
  * bsc#1231826

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

  
  
An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:

Update to 12.5.0 (bsc#1231826):

  * There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 12.5.0 release.

  * This is primarily a maintenance release that addresses a few critical
    problems. For a more complete list of issues resolved in this release, see
    the Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.

  * For complete details, see: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-
    tools/releases/tag/stable-12.5.0

  * Release Notes are available at: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-
    tools/blob/stable-12.5.0/ReleaseNotes.md

  * The granular changes that have gone into the 12.5.0 release are in the
    ChangeLog at: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-
    tools/blob/stable-12.5.0/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog

Update to 12.4.5 (build 23787635) (bsc#1227181):

  * There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 12.4.5 release. This is
    primarily a maintenance release that addresses a few critical problems,
    including:

    * A number of issues flagged by Coverity and ShellCheck have been addressed.
    * A vmtoolsd process hang related to nested logging from an RPC Channel error has been fixed.
  * For a more complete list of issues resolved in this release, see the
    Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.

  * For complete details, see: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-
    tools/releases/tag/stable-12.4.5

  * Release Notes are available at: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-
    tools/blob/stable-12.4.5/ReleaseNotes.md

  * The granular changes that have gone into the 12.4.5 release are in the
    ChangeLog at: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-
    tools/blob/stable-12.4.5/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog

## 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 6.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-149=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (x86_64)
    * open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.5.0-1.1
    * open-vm-tools-12.5.0-1.1
    * open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.5.0-1.1
    * libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.5.0-1.1
    * libvmtools0-12.5.0-1.1

## References:

  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227181
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1231826

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