corosync failure after patching/update

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

Situation

After patching/update corosync fails.
While troubleshooting issue with ' corosync -f ' command , following error message can be seen :

fips - softokn: crypto test failed - aborting

Resolution

Ensure 'mozilla-nss' and 'libsoftokn3' packages are on the same version; ideally update all packages to latest versions instead of submitting only a subset of packages for the update.

Cause

Either 'mozilla-nss' or 'libsoftokn3' was among the packages which were patched/updated .

Status

Reported to Engineering

Additional Information

Details for the issue

- `zypper patch --category security' was used

The logs reveal:

2023-08-11 07:56:44 <1> example01(207196) [zypp::exec++] forkspawnengine.cc(start):181 Executing[C] 'rpm' '--root' '/' '--dbpath' '/usr/lib/sysimage/rpm' '-U' '--percent' '--noglob' '--force' '--nodeps' '--' '/var/cache/zypp/packages/SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server_for_SAP_Applications_15_SP3_x86_64:SLE-Product-SLES_SAP15-SP3-Updates/x86_64/mozilla-nss-certs-3.90-150000.3.101.1.x86_64.rpm'
2023-08-11 07:56:58 <1> example01(207196) [zypp::exec++] forkspawnengine.cc(start):181 Executing[C] 'rpm' '--root' '/' '--dbpath' '/usr/lib/sysimage/rpm' '-U' '--percent' '--noglob' '--force' '--nodeps' '--' '/var/cache/zypp/packages/SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server_for_SAP_Applications_15_SP3_x86_64:SLE-Product-SLES_SAP15-SP3-Updates/x86_64/libsoftokn3-3.90-150000.3.101.1.x86_64.rpm'
2023-08-11 07:56:58 <1> example01(207196) [zypp::exec++] forkspawnengine.cc(start):181 Executing[C] 'rpm' '--root' '/' '--dbpath' '/usr/lib/sysimage/rpm' '-U' '--percent' '--noglob' '--force' '--nodeps' '--' '/var/cache/zypp/packages/SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server_for_SAP_Applications_15_SP3_x86_64:SLE-Product-SLES_SAP15-SP3-Updates/x86_64/mozilla-nss-3.79.4-150000.3.96.1.x86_64.rpm'
2023-08-11 07:57:09 <1> example01(207196) [zypp::exec++] forkspawnengine.cc(start):181 Executing[C] 'rpm' '--root' '/' '--dbpath' '/usr/lib/sysimage/rpm' '-U' '--percent' '--noglob' '--force' '--nodeps' '--' '/var/cache/zypp/packages/SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server_for_SAP_Applications_15_SP3_x86_64:SLE-Product-SLES_SAP15-SP3-Updates/x86_64/mozilla-nss-tools-3.79.4-150000.3.96.1.x86_64.rpm'

Here, we can see a difference between package versions:

libsoftokn3-3.90-150000.3.101.1.x86_64.rpm
mozilla-nss-3.79.4-150000.3.96.1.x86_64.rpm

- `zypper up mozilla\*' was used as an attempt to solve the issue

2023-08-11 10:13:55 <1> example01(32445) [zypp::exec++] forkspawnengine.cc(start):181 Executing[C] 'rpm' '--root' '/' '--dbpath' '/usr/lib/sysimage/rpm' '-U' '--percent' '--noglob' '--force' '--nodeps' '--' '/var/cache/zypp/packages/SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server_for_SAP_Applications_15_SP3_x86_64:SLE-Product-SLES_SAP15-SP3-Updates/x86_64/mozilla-nspr-4.35-150000.3.29.1.x86_64.rpm'
2023-08-11 10:13:56 <1> example01(32445) [zypp::exec++] forkspawnengine.cc(start):181 Executing[C] 'rpm' '--root' '/' '--dbpath' '/usr/lib/sysimage/rpm' '-U' '--percent' '--noglob' '--force' '--nodeps' '--' '/var/cache/zypp/packages/SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server_for_SAP_Applications_15_SP3_x86_64:SLE-Product-SLES_SAP15-SP3-Updates/x86_64/mozilla-nss-3.90-150000.3.101.1.x86_64.rpm'
2023-08-11 10:13:56 <1> example01(32445) [zypp::exec++] forkspawnengine.cc(start):181 Executing[C] 'rpm' '--root' '/' '--dbpath' '/usr/lib/sysimage/rpm' '-U' '--percent' '--noglob' '--force' '--nodeps' '--' '/var/cache/zypp/packages/SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server_for_SAP_Applications_15_SP3_x86_64:SLE-Product-SLES_SAP15-SP3-Updates/x86_64/mozilla-nss-tools-3.90-150000.3.101.1.x86_64.rpm'

libsoftokn3-3.90-150000.3.101.1.x86_64.rpm
mozilla-nss-3.90-150000.3.101.1.x86_64.rpm

After this action, corosync could start successfully.

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Document ID:000021174
Creation Date: 18-Aug-2023
Modified Date:18-Aug-2023
- SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications

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