Synopsis

NetworkManager bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

NetworkManager is a system network service that manages network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. Its capabilities include managing Ethernet, wireless, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, as well as providing VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of NetworkManager 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 Server - AUS 7.7 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 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 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 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 Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
• 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 - 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 for IBM System z (Structure A) 7 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1310676 - available connection not connected after team slave disconnected because master deleted
• BZ - 1358615 - [RFE] Provide additional options for bridge configuration.
• BZ - 1368018 - ipv6 would be disabled after change device name
• BZ - 1374660 - ifcfg-rh plugin is unable to store and reload 802-1x connection with "eap leap"
• BZ - 1384799 - [RFE] Cannot modify a connection that has an associated 'rule-' or 'rule6-' file
• BZ - 1398925 - [RFE] add Team abstraction to NetworkManager
• BZ - 1401515 - [RFE] support managing connection without immediate effects on the network
• BZ - 1414901 - Can't set MTU value for VLAN interface in RHEL 7.3
• BZ - 1428334 - Network Manager: Network Flaps when static route is set
• BZ - 1436531 - [RFE] Support multiple routing tables to enable sourceroute.
• BZ - 1437598 - After down the bridge, it's not possible start bridge + slaves at once
• BZ - 1438476 - [NMCI] nmcli agent race
• BZ - 1442361 - Guest network can't resume after link down/up the backend device
• BZ - 1450219 - [NMCI] race in bond_rename test
• BZ - 1451236 - [abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: g_logv(): /usr/sbin/NetworkManager killed by 5
• BZ - 1452046 - [NMCI] nmcli_general_set_device_back_to_managed failed
• BZ - 1452684 - cannot set ipv6 route with src
• BZ - 1454883 - [RFE] extend D-Bus API to better export active connection state
• BZ - 1456007 - [RFE] Add support for MACsec connections to nm-connection-editor
• BZ - 1457939 - Network connectivity lost when last root session exits and USERS=root is used
• BZ - 1458311 - [NMCI][abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: raise(): /usr/bin/nmcli killed by 6
• BZ - 1460217 - nmcli summary doesn't show mtu for gsm devices
• BZ - 1461643 - The NetworkManager process continues to consume increasing amounts of memory.
• BZ - 1462223 - Fix taking over external connection on modification
• BZ - 1462260 - cannot assign ipv6 address to a device that has ipv4 address configured
• BZ - 1463077 - Network disconnected by NetworkManager when bonding "updelay=100" specified for network install
• BZ - 1464904 - [RFE] snapshot/rollback support for restoring managed state
• BZ - 1470282 - [RFE] create an OVS bridge with an IP-carrying port on top of another connection
• BZ - 1470930 - NetworkManager clears IPv6 PMTU cache when ICMPv6 Router Advertisement is received
• BZ - 1471245 - [NMCI][abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: unknown function(): /usr/bin/nmcli killed by 6
• BZ - 1472965 - Upping an already up bond connection will change the bond MAC
• BZ - 1474295 - default netmask of IP in nmtui
• BZ - 1477678 - The internal DHCP client of NetworkManager doesn't work on IPoIB interfaces
• BZ - 1478694 - [RFE] Support PPPoE on arbitrary devices
• BZ - 1481186 - [NetworkManager] Tier 0 Localization
• BZ - 1482772 - Cannot specify multiple ip addresses with nmcli con add
• BZ - 1490157 - message "VLAN devices can not be created without a parent interface" when using vlans ontop of teaming interfaces
• BZ - 1491243 - [NMCI] dhcp-timeout test fails
• BZ - 1492064 - password is not saved when connecting to wifi via nmcli device wifi connect
• BZ - 1492912 - Typo for AUTOCONNECT_SLAVES ifcfg entry in nm-settings-ifcfg-rh(5)
• BZ - 1497333 - Addition inactive connection gets created for team (runner:lacp) upon NetworkManager restart
• BZ - 1498755 - kernel changes in 7.4 prevent to up infiniband port
• BZ - 1498807 - startup complete wrongly delayed for unrealized software devices
• BZ - 1498943 - NetworkManager-wait-online.service should not be enabled unconditionally
• BZ - 1500651 - [NMCI] nmtui: nondeterministic states after incorrect route profile activated
• BZ - 1503587 - better handle DHCP outages and retry DHCP indefinitely
• BZ - 1503769 - ip route add default via is not working
• BZ - 1505886 - cannot connect to outer world if vpn is connected
• BZ - 1505893 - [NMCI] show_zones_after_firewalld_install test failure
• BZ - 1506552 - [abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: _g_log_abort(): /usr/sbin/NetworkManager killed by 5
• BZ - 1507020 - rebase NetworkManager package to new upstream version 1.10.x in rhel-7.5
• BZ - 1508001 - If a duplicate IPv4 address is detected it also prevents the IPv6 address from being set up
• BZ - 1512316 - Unmanaged dummy becomes managed when IP address is set
• BZ - 1515027 - NetworkManager-wait-online.service completes too early when device has no carrier for unusually long time
• BZ - 1515829 - [NMCI][abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: raise(): /usr/sbin/NetworkManager killed by 6
• BZ - 1516659 - [NMCI] bridge_set_mac_var1 failed
• BZ - 1517794 - [NMCI] resolv.conf options are not removed properly
• BZ - 1518091 - [NMCI] lease not renewed for external DHCP connection
• BZ - 1518167 - [NMCI] nmtui cannot create open network profile
• BZ - 1518177 - [NMCI] direct connection to qe-wep cannot be established
• BZ - 1519179 - ovs doesn't work with ethernet ovs-port
• BZ - 1520398 - Querying the wifi status in libnm NMClient.get_property() fails
• BZ - 1520826 - [NMCI] run_once_helper_for_localhost_localdomain test failed
• BZ - 1520865 - Patch NetworkManager-wait-online.service to revert upstream change to Require=NetworkManager.service
• BZ - 1525078 - [NMCI]add MASTER=dev when creating bond directly with slaves in nmtui
• BZ - 1527934 - GSM connection doesn't get a default device route
• BZ - 1530288 - [NMCI] persistent_default_ipv6_gw fails
• BZ - 1531173 - Backport fix for assertion failure to set too long ipv4.dhcp-client-id with internal/systemd DHCP plugin
• BZ - 1533799 - add better description to team.runner field
• BZ - 1533810 - default value for lacp runner.sys_prio should be 65535 not 256
• BZ - 1533830 - team values should return to runner's default when empty value entered in nmcli
• BZ - 1533926 - nmcli team.link-watcher not working correctly
• BZ - 1534477 - Backport fix for setting connectivity-check-enabled property on D-Bus
• BZ - 1534721 - backport fix for crash in NetworkManager when calling `ip route get`
• BZ - 1535905 - gnome-control-center crashes when a team connection with configured link-watchers is present
• BZ - 1540063 - [abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: _g_log_abort(): /usr/sbin/NetworkManager killed by 5
• BZ - 1541922 - [NMCI] team_abs_set_runner_tx_hash regressed

CVEs

(none)

References