Recommended update for libcpuset

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:1789-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libcpuset fixes the following issues:

  • Missing initialization of buffer that stores data read from /proc files. (bsc#916803)
  • Insufficient error handling in functions cpuset_pin(), cpuset_size() and cpuset_where() could lead to a segmentation fault when number of open files reached the limit. (bsc#978841)
  • Failure to handle cpuset mounted as a cgroup controller. (bsc#625079, bsc#834223)

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 Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libcpuset-12646=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-libcpuset-12646=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-libcpuset-12646=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • libcpuset-devel-1.0-8.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • libcpuset1-1.0-8.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • libcpuset1-1.0-8.9.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • libcpuset1-1.0-8.9.1

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