# Security update for conmon

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:2988-1  
Rating: important  
References:

  * #1208737
  * #1209307

  
Affected Products:

  * Containers Module 15-SP5
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

  
  
An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for conmon fixes the following issues:

conmon was updated to version 2.1.7:

  * Bumped go version to 1.19 (bsc#1209307).

Bugfixes:

  * Fixed leaking symbolic links in the opt_socket_path directory
  * Fixed oom handling issues (bsc#1208737).
  * Fixed OOM watcher for cgroupv2 `oom_kill` events

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Important update use the SUSE recommended installation
methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-2988=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-2988=1

  * Containers Module 15-SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-15-SP5-2023-2988=1

## Package List:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    * conmon-debuginfo-2.1.7-150500.9.3.1
    * conmon-2.1.7-150500.9.3.1
  * Containers Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * conmon-debuginfo-2.1.7-150500.9.3.1
    * conmon-2.1.7-150500.9.3.1

## References:

  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1208737
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209307