Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2018:0946 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2018-04-10
Updated:
2018-04-10

RHBA-2018:0946 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

biosdevname enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

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

Description

The biosdevname packages contain an optional convention for naming network interfaces, which assigns names to network interfaces based on their physical location. The biosdevname utility is disabled by default, except for a limited set of Dell PowerEdge, C Series, and Precision Workstation systems.

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 biosdevname 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 Server - AUS 7.6 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 Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 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 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

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 6fd5c22cb815c0dce77356d9e7a8ecccf187a807d7adceed206a811d1f9d3fe0
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ec74be52ec36c216db9056449c1162c8a2917c8bbb25248bd7134159a50aa23
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 789bf2ecfae7f0bf5373ac4d885c1d7e3641b52a085ea2e22399d9928a9bb2a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 6fd5c22cb815c0dce77356d9e7a8ecccf187a807d7adceed206a811d1f9d3fe0
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ec74be52ec36c216db9056449c1162c8a2917c8bbb25248bd7134159a50aa23
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 789bf2ecfae7f0bf5373ac4d885c1d7e3641b52a085ea2e22399d9928a9bb2a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 6fd5c22cb815c0dce77356d9e7a8ecccf187a807d7adceed206a811d1f9d3fe0
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ec74be52ec36c216db9056449c1162c8a2917c8bbb25248bd7134159a50aa23
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 789bf2ecfae7f0bf5373ac4d885c1d7e3641b52a085ea2e22399d9928a9bb2a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 6fd5c22cb815c0dce77356d9e7a8ecccf187a807d7adceed206a811d1f9d3fe0
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ec74be52ec36c216db9056449c1162c8a2917c8bbb25248bd7134159a50aa23
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 789bf2ecfae7f0bf5373ac4d885c1d7e3641b52a085ea2e22399d9928a9bb2a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 6fd5c22cb815c0dce77356d9e7a8ecccf187a807d7adceed206a811d1f9d3fe0
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ec74be52ec36c216db9056449c1162c8a2917c8bbb25248bd7134159a50aa23
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 789bf2ecfae7f0bf5373ac4d885c1d7e3641b52a085ea2e22399d9928a9bb2a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 6fd5c22cb815c0dce77356d9e7a8ecccf187a807d7adceed206a811d1f9d3fe0
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ec74be52ec36c216db9056449c1162c8a2917c8bbb25248bd7134159a50aa23
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 789bf2ecfae7f0bf5373ac4d885c1d7e3641b52a085ea2e22399d9928a9bb2a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 6fd5c22cb815c0dce77356d9e7a8ecccf187a807d7adceed206a811d1f9d3fe0
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ec74be52ec36c216db9056449c1162c8a2917c8bbb25248bd7134159a50aa23
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 789bf2ecfae7f0bf5373ac4d885c1d7e3641b52a085ea2e22399d9928a9bb2a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 6fd5c22cb815c0dce77356d9e7a8ecccf187a807d7adceed206a811d1f9d3fe0
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ec74be52ec36c216db9056449c1162c8a2917c8bbb25248bd7134159a50aa23
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 789bf2ecfae7f0bf5373ac4d885c1d7e3641b52a085ea2e22399d9928a9bb2a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 6fd5c22cb815c0dce77356d9e7a8ecccf187a807d7adceed206a811d1f9d3fe0
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ec74be52ec36c216db9056449c1162c8a2917c8bbb25248bd7134159a50aa23
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 789bf2ecfae7f0bf5373ac4d885c1d7e3641b52a085ea2e22399d9928a9bb2a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 6fd5c22cb815c0dce77356d9e7a8ecccf187a807d7adceed206a811d1f9d3fe0
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ec74be52ec36c216db9056449c1162c8a2917c8bbb25248bd7134159a50aa23
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 789bf2ecfae7f0bf5373ac4d885c1d7e3641b52a085ea2e22399d9928a9bb2a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 6fd5c22cb815c0dce77356d9e7a8ecccf187a807d7adceed206a811d1f9d3fe0
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ec74be52ec36c216db9056449c1162c8a2917c8bbb25248bd7134159a50aa23
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 789bf2ecfae7f0bf5373ac4d885c1d7e3641b52a085ea2e22399d9928a9bb2a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 6fd5c22cb815c0dce77356d9e7a8ecccf187a807d7adceed206a811d1f9d3fe0
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ec74be52ec36c216db9056449c1162c8a2917c8bbb25248bd7134159a50aa23
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 789bf2ecfae7f0bf5373ac4d885c1d7e3641b52a085ea2e22399d9928a9bb2a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 6fd5c22cb815c0dce77356d9e7a8ecccf187a807d7adceed206a811d1f9d3fe0
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ec74be52ec36c216db9056449c1162c8a2917c8bbb25248bd7134159a50aa23
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 789bf2ecfae7f0bf5373ac4d885c1d7e3641b52a085ea2e22399d9928a9bb2a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 6fd5c22cb815c0dce77356d9e7a8ecccf187a807d7adceed206a811d1f9d3fe0
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ec74be52ec36c216db9056449c1162c8a2917c8bbb25248bd7134159a50aa23
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 789bf2ecfae7f0bf5373ac4d885c1d7e3641b52a085ea2e22399d9928a9bb2a2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6

SRPM
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 6fd5c22cb815c0dce77356d9e7a8ecccf187a807d7adceed206a811d1f9d3fe0
x86_64
biosdevname-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ec74be52ec36c216db9056449c1162c8a2917c8bbb25248bd7134159a50aa23
biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 789bf2ecfae7f0bf5373ac4d885c1d7e3641b52a085ea2e22399d9928a9bb2a2

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