Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:1804-1
Rating: critical
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

An update that has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The update is fixing a regression with nfs that could lead to data corruption.

The following bugs were fixed:

  • nfs: Fix error handling for O_DIRECT write scheduling (bsc#1224785).

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 Real Time 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RT-12-SP5-2024-1804=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • dlm-kmp-rt-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • kernel-rt-base-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • kernel-rt-devel-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • cluster-md-kmp-rt-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • kernel-rt_debug-devel-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • kernel-rt_debug-debugsource-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • kernel-rt-debugsource-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • kernel-rt-base-debuginfo-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • kernel-syms-rt-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • ocfs2-kmp-rt-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • kernel-rt-debuginfo-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • gfs2-kmp-rt-4.12.14-10.185.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • kernel-source-rt-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • kernel-devel-rt-4.12.14-10.185.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12 SP5 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-rt_debug-4.12.14-10.185.1
    • kernel-rt-4.12.14-10.185.1

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