SUSE-RU-2026:20743-1: important: Recommended update for multipath-tools

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# Recommended update for multipath-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2026:20743-1  
Release Date: 2026-03-16T11:12:25Z  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1254094
  * bsc#1255285
  * bsc#1257007
  * bsc#1257153
  * bsc#1257244

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

  
  
An update that has five fixes can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for multipath-tools fixes the following issues:

  * Bug fixes from 0.12.2 (bsc#1257007)
    * kpartx: fix segfault when operating on regular files (bsc#1257244, bsc#1257153)
    * multipathd: print path offline message even without a checker (bsc#1254094)
    * Fix `mpathpersist --report-capabilities` output.
    * Fix command descriptions in the multipathd man page.
    * Fix ISO C23 compatibility issue causing errors with new compilers.
    * Fix memory leak caused by not joining the "init unwinder" thread.
    * Fix memory leaks in kpartx.
    * Print the warning "setting scsi timeouts is unsupported for protocol" only once per protocol.
    * Make sure multipath-tools is compiled with the compiler flag `-fno-strict-aliasing` (bsc#1255285).
  * Features from upstream 0.12.0:
    * Maps that were added outside of multipathd and that couldn't be reloaded by multipathd used to be ignored by multipathd. multipathd will now monitor them. If some paths were offline while the map was created, multipathd will now add them to the map when they go online again.
    * multipathd retries persistent reservation commands that have failed on one path on another one.
  * Documentation fixes
  * Additions to the hardware table

## 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 6.2  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SL-Micro-6.2-386=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * multipath-tools-0.12.2+254+suse.924a3ed8-160000.1.1
    * multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.12.2+254+suse.924a3ed8-160000.1.1
    * libmpath0-debuginfo-0.12.2+254+suse.924a3ed8-160000.1.1
    * kpartx-0.12.2+254+suse.924a3ed8-160000.1.1
    * kpartx-debuginfo-0.12.2+254+suse.924a3ed8-160000.1.1
    * libmpath0-0.12.2+254+suse.924a3ed8-160000.1.1
    * multipath-tools-debugsource-0.12.2+254+suse.924a3ed8-160000.1.1

## References:

  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254094
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255285
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257007
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257153
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257244

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