Recommended update for crash

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:0418-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for crash fixes an incompatibility with recent kernel updates released for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.

Crash would fail with the message "invalid structure member offset" when attempting to read the vmcore.

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 Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-210=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-210=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • crash-kmp-default-debuginfo-7.0.5_k3.12.60_52.63-13.1
    • crash-kmp-xen-7.0.5_k3.12.60_52.63-13.1
    • crash-kmp-xen-debuginfo-7.0.5_k3.12.60_52.63-13.1
    • crash-debuginfo-7.0.5-13.1
    • crash-7.0.5-13.1
    • crash-kmp-default-7.0.5_k3.12.60_52.63-13.1
    • crash-debugsource-7.0.5-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • crash-kmp-default-debuginfo-7.0.5_k3.12.60_52.63-13.1
    • crash-debuginfo-7.0.5-13.1
    • crash-7.0.5-13.1
    • crash-kmp-default-7.0.5_k3.12.60_52.63-13.1
    • crash-debugsource-7.0.5-13.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (x86_64)
    • crash-kmp-xen-7.0.5_k3.12.60_52.63-13.1
    • crash-kmp-xen-debuginfo-7.0.5_k3.12.60_52.63-13.1

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