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<h1>Recommended update for multipath-tools</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-RU-2026:0409-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-02-09T14:13:13Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254094">bsc#1254094</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255285">bsc#1255285</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257007">bsc#1257007</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257153">bsc#1257153</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257244">bsc#1257244</a>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.6</li>
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<p>An update that has five fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for multipath-tools fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>Update to version 0.9.8+266+suse.53479977 (bsc#1257007):<ul>
<li>kpartx: fix segfault when operating on regular files (bsc#1257244, bsc#1257153)</li>
<li>multipathd: print path offline message even without a checker (bsc#1254094)</li>
<li>Fix command descriptions in the multipathd man page.</li>
<li>Fix ISO C23 compatibility issue causing errors with new compilers.</li>
<li>Fix memory leak caused by not joining the "init unwinder" thread.</li>
<li>Fix memory leaks in kpartx.</li>
<li>Print the warning "setting scsi timeouts is unsupported for protocol" only once per protocol.</li>
<li>Make sure multipath-tools is compiled with the compiler flag
<code>-fno-strict-aliasing</code>. (bsc#1255285)</li>
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<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
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To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
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openSUSE Leap 15.6
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-409=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-409=1</code>
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<h2>Package List:</h2>
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openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
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<li>kpartx-debuginfo-0.9.8+266+suse.53479977-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>multipath-tools-debugsource-0.9.8+266+suse.53479977-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>libmpath0-debuginfo-0.9.8+266+suse.53479977-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>kpartx-0.9.8+266+suse.53479977-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>libdmmp0_2_0-debuginfo-0.9.8+266+suse.53479977-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>libdmmp0_2_0-0.9.8+266+suse.53479977-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>libmpath0-0.9.8+266+suse.53479977-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>multipath-tools-devel-0.9.8+266+suse.53479977-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>libdmmp-devel-0.9.8+266+suse.53479977-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.9.8+266+suse.53479977-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>multipath-tools-0.9.8+266+suse.53479977-150600.3.9.1</li>
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<h2>References:</h2>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254094">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254094</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255285">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255285</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257007">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257007</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257153">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257153</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257244">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257244</a>
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