[BESAdmin-Announcements] Content Modification: Kernel Fixlets relevance changes for Patches for SLE sites

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

Relevance of kernel Fixlets of the Patches for SLE sites have been modified.

What has changed
The previous behavior is kernel Fixlets will become relevant if a lower version of the kernel package is installed and there is no kernel package installed at a higher version. The updated behavior will also detect if the endpoint’s active kernel is also using the latest version of the kernel. If the endpoint has the latest kernel installed but is not using it, the kernel Fixlet will also become relevant.

Published sites

  *   Patches for SLE 11 Native Tools, site version 337
  *   Patches for SLE 11 on System z Native Tools, site version 162
  *   Patches for SLE 11 PPC64BE, site version 84
  *   Patches for SLE 12 Native Tools, site version 312
  *   Patches for SLE 12 on System z, site version 165
  *   Patches for SLE 12 PPC64LE, site version 149
  *   Patches for SLE 15, site version 24

Actions to take
Gathering the sites will show the updated changes.

If a kernel Fixlet is suddenly relevant whereas previously it was not relevant, most likely the endpoint is not using the latest kernel. It is recommended that the endpoint switch to using the latest kernel to avoid potential vulnerabilities.

Reference
For the pre-announcement of the release, see: https://forum.bigfix.com/t/pre-announcement-kernel-fixlets-relevance-changes-for-linux-sites/30601

Application Engineering Team
BigFix Patch

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