SUSE-SU-2025:21067-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2025-11-10 14:24 - Updated: 2025-11-10 14:24
Summary
Security update for powerpc-utils

Notes

Title of the patch
Security update for powerpc-utils
Description of the patch
This update for powerpc-utils fixes the following issues: - Start SMT service after networking (bsc#1249152 ltc#214730) - Fix inconsistent Core Online/Offline States Observed in lscpu and ppc64_cpu --info Command Outputs During DLPAR Operation (bsc#1246126 ltc#214064) - Fix HNV installation network conflicts across all distributions (jsc#PED-3946) - Fix negative values of idle PURR (bsc#1238322 ltc#210808)
Patchnames
SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-335
Terms of use
CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
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