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    <h1>Recommended update for smc-tools</h1>

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            <th>Announcement ID:</th>
            <td>SUSE-RU-2026:20602-1</td>
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            <th>Release Date:</th>
            <td>2026-03-02T13:17:40Z</td>
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            <th>Rating:</th>
            <td>important</td>
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            <th>References:</th>
            <td>
                <ul>
                    
                        <li style="display: inline;">
                            <a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230052">bsc#1230052</a>
                        </li>
                    
                    
                        <li style="display: inline;">
                            <a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-14601">jsc#PED-14601</a>
                        </li>
                    
                </ul>
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            <th>Affected Products:</th>
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                        <li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0</li>
                    
                        <li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0</li>
                    
                </ul>
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    <p>An update that contains one feature and has one fix can now be installed.</p>

    


    
        <h2>Description:</h2>
    
    <p>This update for smc-tools fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>Upgrade smc-tools to v1.8.7 (jsc#PED-14601, bsc#1230052):<ul>
<li>Bug fixes:<ul>
<li>smc_rnics: fix regression when PFT not available</li>
<li>smcd/smcr: prevent DoS on statistics workfile present in /tmp/</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Upgrade smc-tools to v1.8.6 (jsc#PED-14601):<ul>
<li>Bug fixes:<ul>
<li>man pages: Update man page for smc_pnet</li>
<li>smc-tools: Display sndbuf/RMB stats only if supported by the kernel</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Upgrade smc-tools to v1.8.5:<ul>
<li>Changes:<ul>
<li>smc_rnics: Add support for Network Express RNIC in smc_rnics</li>
<li>smc_rnics: Add PFT and VF columns to smc_rnics output</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Bug fixes:<ul>
<li>libnetlink..: Fix function declaration to use a void prototype</li>
<li>smc_rnics: Update smc_chk to extract PNetID from column 9</li>
<li>man pages: Update man page for --rawids option and PFT and VF columns</li>
<li>smc_rnics: Fix missing PPrt values in smc_rnics -r output</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>fix build with gcc15</li>
<li>Makefile: Make sure to show the right release number</li>
</ul>



    

    <h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
    <p>
        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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                SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
                
                    
                        <br/>
                        <code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-334=1</code>
                    
                    
                
            </li>
        
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                SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0
                
                    
                        <br/>
                        <code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-334=1</code>
                    
                    
                
            </li>
        
    </ul>

    <h2>Package List:</h2>
    <ul>
        
            
                <li>
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
                    <ul>
                        
                            <li>smc-tools-completion-1.8.7-160000.1.1</li>
                        
                            <li>smc-tools-debugsource-1.8.7-160000.1.1</li>
                        
                            <li>smc-tools-1.8.7-160000.1.1</li>
                        
                            <li>smc-tools-debuginfo-1.8.7-160000.1.1</li>
                        
                    </ul>
                </li>
            
        
            
                <li>
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
                    <ul>
                        
                            <li>smc-tools-completion-1.8.7-160000.1.1</li>
                        
                            <li>smc-tools-debugsource-1.8.7-160000.1.1</li>
                        
                            <li>smc-tools-1.8.7-160000.1.1</li>
                        
                            <li>smc-tools-debuginfo-1.8.7-160000.1.1</li>
                        
                    </ul>
                </li>
            
        
    </ul>

    
        <h2>References:</h2>
        <ul>
            
                
                    <li>
                        <a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230052">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230052</a>
                    </li>
                
            
                
                    <li>
                        <a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-14601">https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-14601</a>
                    </li>
                
            
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