openSUSE Recommended Update: dosfstools: Prevent corruption of FAT during fsck on 64 bit platforms. ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-RU-2014:0438-1 Rating: important References: #867122 Affected Products: openSUSE 13.1 openSUSE 12.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed. Description: This update fixes the following issue with dosfstools: - bnc#867122: unsigned long is 64 bit on x86-64, which means set_fat was writing two entries, which corrupts the next entry. This can cause loss of data in another file. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 13.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-253 - openSUSE 12.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-253 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64): dosfstools-3.0.22-2.4.1 dosfstools-debuginfo-3.0.22-2.4.1 dosfstools-debugsource-3.0.22-2.4.1 - openSUSE 12.3 (i586 x86_64): dosfstools-3.0.10-26.8.1 dosfstools-debuginfo-3.0.10-26.8.1 dosfstools-debugsource-3.0.10-26.8.1 References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/867122