Security update for the Linux Kernel

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:1834-1
Rating: critical
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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 security fix can now be installed.

Description:

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

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

The following non-security 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 Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-1834=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-1834=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-1834=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-azure-4.12.14-16.185.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • kernel-azure-base-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-azure-debuginfo-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-azure-devel-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-syms-azure-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-azure-base-debuginfo-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-azure-debugsource-4.12.14-16.185.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • kernel-source-azure-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-devel-azure-4.12.14-16.185.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-azure-4.12.14-16.185.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • kernel-azure-base-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-azure-debuginfo-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-azure-devel-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-syms-azure-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-azure-base-debuginfo-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-azure-debugsource-4.12.14-16.185.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • kernel-source-azure-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-devel-azure-4.12.14-16.185.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (nosrc x86_64)
    • kernel-azure-4.12.14-16.185.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • kernel-azure-base-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-azure-debuginfo-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-azure-devel-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-syms-azure-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-azure-base-debuginfo-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-azure-debugsource-4.12.14-16.185.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (noarch)
    • kernel-source-azure-4.12.14-16.185.1
    • kernel-devel-azure-4.12.14-16.185.1

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