RHBA-2015:2092 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated systemd packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The systemd packages contain systemd, a system and service manager for Linux, compatible with the SysV and LSB init scripts. It provides aggressive parallelization capabilities, uses socket and D-Bus activation for starting services, offers on-demand starting of daemons, and keeps track of processes using Linux cgroups. In addition, it supports snapshotting and restoring of the system state, maintains mount and automount points, and implements an elaborate transactional dependency-based service control logic. It can also work as a drop-in replacement for sysvinit.

This update fixes multiple bugs and adds numerous enhancements. Refer to the following Red Hat Knowledgebase article for information on the most significant of these changes:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/1611383

Users of systemd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

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 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 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 for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.3 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.2 ppc64le
• 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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
• 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 for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3 ppc64le
• 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
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 984026 - lxc container with networking hangs udevadm settle on the host
• BZ - 1016680 - MSG: add hint about 'reset-failed' when systemctl start fails due to rate limit
• BZ - 1067189 - systemd-fstab-generator creates 20 minute delay in boot
• BZ - 1101226 - journalctl: Access Control, user in adm group cannot see root logs
• BZ - 1121253 - journalctl -b not working (--list-boots absent in manpage but -b is present)
• BZ - 1126298 - Unable to boot when systemd's LogTarget is set to syslog-or-kmsg or syslog
• BZ - 1128113 - [RFE] Backport support for sd_watchdog_enabled()
• BZ - 1135598 - [RFE] Backport /etc/machine-info DEPLOYMENT= from systemd 216
• BZ - 1135599 - [RFE] Backport new socket options from systemd 216
• BZ - 1135600 - [RFE] Backport systemd 216 timer-sync.target changes for OnCalendar
• BZ - 1151604 - systemd-detect-virt does not detect powerkvm virt on ppc64
• BZ - 1156496 - hostnamectl -H returns partial incorrect data from remote host
• BZ - 1159950 - [RFE] Swap units use Discard=
• BZ - 1159951 - [RFE] systemctl commands "add-wants" and "add-requires"
• BZ - 1161003 - rpcbind service stopped disturbs systemd
• BZ - 1164334 - filesystem log device on lvm prevents normal bootup
• BZ - 1172387 - Failed to start domain continually due to virDBusCall() during concurrent jobs
• BZ - 1177336 - journald Storage=none does not work as expected
• BZ - 1177676 - [RFE] Backport v218 systemctl status" now shows the suggested enablement state
• BZ - 1177677 - [RFE] Backport v218 all programs use conf.d dir
• BZ - 1178848 - Failed to reset devices.list on /machine.slice: Invalid argument
• BZ - 1182105 - sysctl.conf / sysctl.conf.d settings should be applied after bridge is added
• BZ - 1184074 - machinectl syntax error leads to D-Bus error
• BZ - 1193817 - scsi generic module is not loaded by default
• BZ - 1199488 - systemd-nspawn service enters failed state after shutting down container from inside
• BZ - 1199644 - Rebase systemd to 219
• BZ - 1205062 - [abrt] systemd: log_assert(): systemd-logind killed by SIGABRT
• BZ - 1210488 - systemd/machinectl/journald support for RegisterName. [RFE]
• BZ - 1210981 - udevadm settle ignores the timeout when --timeout=0
• BZ - 1211460 - Cryptic error message when unit does not exist
• BZ - 1211972 - journalctl --reverse from systemd 208 is broken
• BZ - 1214996 - [abrt] systemd: log_assert(): systemd-logind killed by SIGABRT
• BZ - 1216025 - udevadm settle --timeout is ignored
• BZ - 1220803 - move networkd user to main package
• BZ - 1220812 - Console shows non-latin characters (such as from Greek and Japanese) as white rectangles
• BZ - 1222517 - backport patches from fedora
• BZ - 1226333 - systemd ask-password generates inconsistent IDs
• BZ - 1227396 - journald strips away white space prefixes of messages
• BZ - 1230190 - Backport fix for #1224211
• BZ - 1233081 - backport --now
• BZ - 1235233 - Still seeing log entries for "Failed to reset devices.list on /machine.slice: Invalid argument" with systemd-208-20.el7_1.5
• BZ - 1235635 - add "set-property" to systemctl's bash-completion
• BZ - 1241938 - systemd segfaults when selinux is disabled
• BZ - 1243010 - systemd loading IMA policy
• BZ - 1244440 - Failed start transient unit: Input/output error
• BZ - 1249513 - filesystems with the x-initrd.mount option and passno=2 in /etc/fstab do not get mounted after boot
• BZ - 1259015 - persistent interface names for virtio interfaces
• BZ - 1264073 - SELinux is preventing /usr/sbin/sshd from read access on the file nologin.

CVEs

• CVE-2016-7796

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#normal