| Description: |
This update for dracut fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2016-8637: When the early microcode loading was enabled during initrd creation, the initrd would be read-only available for all users, allowing local users to retrieve secrets stored in the initial ramdisk. (bsc#1008340)
Non security issues fixed:
- Remove zlib module as requirement. (bsc#1020063) - Unlimit TaskMax for xfs_repair in emergency shell. (bsc#1019938) - Resolve symbolic links for -i and -k parameters. (bsc#902375) - Enhance purge-kernels script to handle kgraft patches. (bsc#1017141) - Allow booting from degraded MD arrays with systemd. (bsc#1017695) - Allow booting on s390x with fips=1 on the kernel command line. (bnc#1021687) - Start multipath services before local-fs-pre.target. (bsc#1005410, bsc#1006118, bsc#1007925) - Fix /sbin/installkernel to handle kernel packages built with 'make bin-rpmpkg'. (bsc#1008648)
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