SUSE-RU-2025:0966-1: important: Recommended update for multipath-tools

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# Recommended update for multipath-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2025:0966-1  
Release Date: 2025-03-20T07:53:42Z  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1228926
  * bsc#1229898
  * bsc#1232063
  * bsc#1232227
  * bsc#1236321
  * bsc#1236390
  * bsc#1236392

  
Affected Products:

  * Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  * openSUSE Leap 15.6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

  
  
An update that has seven fixes can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for multipath-tools fixes the following issues:

  * Version update 0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850 Backported bug fixes from upstream
    0.9.9 - 0.10.2
  * Fixed bug leading to the error message "configured reservation key doesn't
    match: 0x0" (bsc#1228926).
  * Fixed bug that caused queueing to be always disabled if flushing a map
    failed (bsc#1229898).
  * Fixed output of `multipath -t` and `multipath -T` (bsc#1229898).
  * Fixed bug: don't print error message if WATCHDOG_USEC is 0 (bsc#1232227).
  * Fix map failure count for no_path_retry greater than 0 (bsc#1229898).
  * Fix reboot hang if uevent is processed for suspended device (bsc#1232063).
  * Don't set dev_loss_tmo to 0 for NO_PATH_RETRY_FAIL (bsc#1229898).
  * Fixed a memory leak in the nvme foreign library (bsc#1229898).
  * Fixed a problem in path detection algorithm that could cause I/O error
    failures (bsc#1236390).
  * Fix multipathd crash because of invalid path group index value, for example
    if an invalid path device was removed from a map (bsc#1236392).
  * Fix the problem that `group_by_tpg` might be disabled if one or more paths
    were offline during initial configuration (bsc#1236392).
  * Make sure udev and systemd notice changes in multipath path state when
    devices are added to or removed from multipath maps (bsc#1236321).

## 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:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.6  
    zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-966=1 SUSE-2025-966=1

  * Basesystem Module 15-SP6  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-966=1

## Package List:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    * libmpath0-debuginfo-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * libdmmp0_2_0-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * multipath-tools-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * kpartx-debuginfo-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * kpartx-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * multipath-tools-debugsource-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * libdmmp0_2_0-debuginfo-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * libmpath0-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * libdmmp-devel-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * multipath-tools-devel-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
  * Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * libmpath0-debuginfo-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * libdmmp0_2_0-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * multipath-tools-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * kpartx-debuginfo-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * kpartx-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * multipath-tools-debugsource-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * libdmmp0_2_0-debuginfo-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * libmpath0-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * libdmmp-devel-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3
    * multipath-tools-devel-0.9.8+111+suse.b7ee850-150600.3.3.3

## References:

  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228926
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229898
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232063
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1232227
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236321
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236390
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236392

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