Recommended update for open-vm-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2024:2665-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:

  • There are no new features in this open-vm-tools release (bsc#1227181). This is primarily a maintenance release that addresses a few critical problems, including:
    • A Github pull request and associated issue has been handled. Please see the Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes
    • A number of issues flagged by Coverity and ShellCheck have been addressed
    • A vmtoolsd process hang related to nested logging from an RPC Channel error has been fixed

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 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-2665=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-2665=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-2665=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • libvmtools0-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • libvmtools0-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • libvmtools0-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • libvmtools0-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-debugsource-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-salt-minion-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-desktop-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-12.4.5-4.74.2
    • open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-12.4.5-4.74.2

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