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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2: 2014:0229-1 Important: Boot Crash Fix

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Calendar Grey February 12, 2014
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SUSE releases critical kernel update for SLE11 SP2 to address significant boot-related regression problems.
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Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2 kernel was updated to fix a regression introduced by the last update. Regression fix: - scsi_dh_alua: Incorrect reference counting in the SCSI ALUA initialization code lead to system crashes on boot (bnc#858831). As the update introducing the regression was marked security, this is also marked security even though this bug is not security relevant. Indications: Everyone using the Linux Kernel on x86_64 architecture should update.

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security advisory kernel update important fix SUSE Linux Enterprise Server boot crash

References

#858831

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:0229-1
Rating: important

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