Recommended update for e2fsprogs

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2024:1802-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3
  • openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.3

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for e2fsprogs fixes the following issues:

EA Inode handling fixes: - ext2fs: avoid re-reading inode multiple times (bsc#1223596) - e2fsck: fix potential out-of-bounds read in inc_ea_inode_refs() (bsc#1223596) - e2fsck: add more checks for ea inode consistency (bsc#1223596) - e2fsck: fix golden output of several tests (bsc#1223596)

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:

Package List:

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