RHBA-2015:0405 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated redhat-upgrade-dracut packages that fix several bugs are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

redhat-upgrade-dracut is a module for the dracut command. It is used to generate the files used by the upgrade process. The redhat-upgrade-dracut package provides the initramfs environment used by the redhat-upgrade-tool for upgrading from previous versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, when using the redhat‑upgrade‑tool for upgrading Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, a version 6 entry remained in the boot menu after upgrading and starting the system. Consequently, it was possible to select the version 6 operating system for booting, which failed with a kernel panic error. To fix this bug, the old kernel is removed along with the boot menu entry after the system upgrade. As a result, the use of the redhat‑upgrade‑tool no longer causes a kernel panic error in that situation. (BZ#1084154)
• Prior to this update, redhat‑upgrade‑dracut ran cleanup actions before post‑upgrade scripts. As a consequence, no cleanup was performed after the post-upgrade scripts had run. With this update, redhat‑upgrade‑dracut has been modified to perform cleanup actions after the post-upgrade scripts are run. As a result, the upgrade order is corrected, and the cleanup is run when necessary. (BZ#1100391)
• Due to a bug, redhat‑upgrade‑dracut did not upgrade product ID certificates during system upgrade from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. This led to subscription-manager not functioning after the upgrade. A patch has been applied to include the installation of new product ID certificates. As a result, the certificates are now updated during upgrading, and the subscription-manager works. (BZ#1148783)

Users of redhat-upgrade-dracut are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.3 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1148783 - not only packages, but also product id certificates must be upgraded during system upgrade

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)