Synopsis

initscripts bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The initscripts packages contain basic system scripts that boot the system, change runlevels, activate and deactivate most network interfaces, and shut down the system cleanly.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of initscripts 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 Server - AUS 7.4 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 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 Scientific Computing 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 Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 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 Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1260552 - dhclient called with -H when DHCP_HOSTNAME is a FQDN
• BZ - 1278521 - Netconsole cannot resolve the syslog server address if it is only included in the /etc/hosts file
• BZ - 1322780 - ifup-eth arping fail should output responding MAC
• BZ - 1367554 - ifup-aliases does not send gratuitous ARPs when adding addresses
• BZ - 1369790 - System fails to shutdown with /usr on iSCSI
• BZ - 1374837 - /etc/init.d/network fails to unset NM_CONTROLLED
• BZ - 1378917 - ifup waits for dadfailed tentative addresses
• BZ - 1379269 - Wrong unit name output with "service" command
• BZ - 1385272 - rhel-autorelabel service corrupts filesystem
• BZ - 1392766 - Sync with upstream fixes related to RHEL-6
• BZ - 1394191 - backport rc.debug to rhel7
• BZ - 1406254 - rhel-import-state sets incorrect mode for /dev/shm when dracut places it in /run/initramfs/state
• BZ - 1408219 - ifup is very slow when NetworkManager is running
• BZ - 1414090 - Timer units are updating files in /var/lib/systemd/timers/ which is not in /etc/rwtab
• BZ - 1428935 - /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions is missing rhel6 functionality
• BZ - 1437034 - [RFE] apply VLAN_EGRESS_PRIORITY_MAP option when configuring it via ifcfg files

CVEs

(none)

References