Recommended update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:3974-1
Rating: important
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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 two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to fix the following issues:

  • Users of the PPC64 architecture used to experience process crashes and OOM errors because a bug in the kernel's stack management code caused stack corruption. [bsc#1116888]

  • A bug in the kernel's NFS code prevented users from mounting NFSv4 shares. [bsc#1117042]

Special Instructions and Notes:

  • Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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-kernel-source-13890=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-kernel-source-13890=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-kernel-source-13890=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (noarch nosrc)
    • kernel-docs-3.0.101-108.84.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64 nosrc)
    • kernel-default-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-trace-3.0.101-108.84.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • kernel-source-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-trace-base-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-default-base-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-syms-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-trace-devel-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-108.84.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (nosrc x86_64 i586)
    • kernel-ec2-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-xen-3.0.101-108.84.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • kernel-xen-base-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-ec2-base-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-xen-devel-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-ec2-devel-3.0.101-108.84.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (nosrc i586)
    • kernel-pae-3.0.101-108.84.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (i586)
    • kernel-pae-devel-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-pae-base-3.0.101-108.84.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 nosrc)
    • kernel-ppc64-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-bigmem-3.0.101-108.84.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64)
    • kernel-bigmem-devel-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-ppc64-devel-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-ppc64-base-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-bigmem-base-3.0.101-108.84.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x)
    • kernel-default-man-3.0.101-108.84.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 nosrc)
    • kernel-ppc64-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-bigmem-3.0.101-108.84.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64)
    • kernel-bigmem-devel-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-ppc64-devel-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-ppc64-base-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-bigmem-base-3.0.101-108.84.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-default-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-trace-3.0.101-108.84.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • kernel-source-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-trace-base-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-default-base-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-syms-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-trace-devel-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-108.84.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-ec2-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-xen-3.0.101-108.84.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (x86_64)
    • kernel-xen-base-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-ec2-base-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-xen-devel-3.0.101-108.84.1
    • kernel-ec2-devel-3.0.101-108.84.1

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