RHBA-2017:0027 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated openvswitch package that fixes multiple bugs is now available.

Description

Open vSwitch provides standard network bridging functions and
support for the OpenFlow protocol for remote per-flow control of
traffic.

Bugs fixed in these updated packages include:

• Do not wake up when there is no db connection (#1397504)
• Use instant sending instead of queue (#1397481)
• DPDK vhost: workaround stale vring base (#1397196)
• Do not restart the service after a package upgrade (#1397045)
• Fixed to not require SSSE3 if DPDK is not used (#1397048)
• Applied the systemd backports (#1397049)
• Fixed missing close calls for tnl ports (#1397050)

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 Virtualization 4 for RHEL 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath 7 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1397045 - [fdProd] yum update of openvswitch 2.5 from 2.4 causes restart of openvswitch service that can disrupt network connectivity
• BZ - 1397048 - [fdProd] OVS fails if SSSE3 is not supported
• BZ - 1397049 - [fdProd] [OVS] systemd ordering of OVS service causes hang during restart when there is NFS mount over OVS
• BZ - 1397050 - [fdProd] OvS rtnetlink race condition
• BZ - 1397196 - [fdProd] OVS daemon crashed when guests running pktgen over OVS-dpdk bond
• BZ - 1397481 - [fdProd] latency regression
• BZ - 1397504 - [fdProd] ovs-vswitchd takes 100% CPU time

CVEs

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References

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