openSUSE Recommended Update: coreutils: fixing an cp-, mv- and install-error ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2012:1493-1 Rating: low References: #788459 Affected Products: openSUSE 12.2 openSUSE 12.1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed. Description: This udpate fixes the following issue for coreutils: - bnc#788459: cp could read from freed memory and could even make corrupt copies. This could happen with a very fragmented and sparse input-file, on GNU/Linux file-systems supporting fiemap extent scanning. This bug also affects mv when it resorts to copying, and install Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 12.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-782 - openSUSE 12.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-782 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 12.2 (i586 x86_64): coreutils-8.16-5.8.1 coreutils-debuginfo-8.16-5.8.1 coreutils-debugsource-8.16-5.8.1 - openSUSE 12.2 (noarch): coreutils-lang-8.16-5.8.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64): coreutils-8.14-3.11.1 coreutils-debuginfo-8.14-3.11.1 coreutils-debugsource-8.14-3.11.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (noarch): coreutils-lang-8.14-3.11.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (ia64): coreutils-debuginfo-x86-8.14-3.11.1 coreutils-x86-8.14-3.11.1 References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/788459