RHBA-2016:2530 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for dracut is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The dracut packages contain an event-driven initial RAM file system (initramfs) generator infrastructure based on the udev device manager. The virtual file system, initramfs, is loaded together with the kernel at boot time and initializes the system, so it can read and boot from the root partition.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of dracut are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

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 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 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 - 1170122 - dracut's qemu module does not use systemd-detect-virt correctly
• BZ - 1178497 - unable to shutdown - dracut loop rm: cannot remove /lib/drauct/hooks/shutdown/30-dm-shutdown.sh: Read-only filesystem
• BZ - 1194604 - Can't initiate two iSCSI connections via bridges on boot.
• BZ - 1201035 - Cannot create a suitable iSCSI boot initramfs after migration from disk boot
• BZ - 1222529 - add install_optional_items config option to get rid of vim-minimal dependency
• BZ - 1247478 - kdump operation with two iscsi paths is picking up only one path or non-functional at all with a full offload ISCSI card (Emulex OneConnect)
• BZ - 1266448 - No description for --no-hostonly-i18n and --hostonly-i18n options
• BZ - 1271656 - MTU/MAC not set in dracut
• BZ - 1282679 - Can't configure multiple bonds with dracut bond=
• BZ - 1282680 - If a team or bond interface is configured via dracut boot options all non-team/bond interfaces are not configured
• BZ - 1287940 - Creating an LVM snapshot can render the system unbootable
• BZ - 1289341 - Multi-NIC server fails to kickstart when only one NIC is cabled
• BZ - 1292623 - dracut: fails to fetch kickstart config+stage2 reliably on v6-only networks
• BZ - 1299800 - dracut multipath module can't find devices without user_friendly_names turned on
• BZ - 1299879 - check_vol_slaves() in dracut-functions.sh does not strip whitespaces from volume group name
• BZ - 1324454 - reboot not possible when in Emergency Shell
• BZ - 1332412 - "/etc/resolv.conf" generated by dracut doesn't contain DNS passed via "nameserver=x.x.x.x"
• BZ - 1332418 - "/etc/resolv.conf" generated by dracut may contain duplicated DNS items
• BZ - 1336503 - dracut doesn't install sdhci_pci.ko
• BZ - 1349253 - "90kernel-modules" doesn't handle nfs host fstype properly
• BZ - 1359144 - flag to reboot automatically when dropping to dracut emergency shell
• BZ - 1367374 - [RHEL-7.3] Add rpcrdma to support NFSROOT over NFSoRDMA

CVEs

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References

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