Synopsis

openvswitch bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated openvswitch packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available in the Fast Datapath channel of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

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

The openvswitch packages have been upgraded to upstream version 2.9.0, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
(BZ#1335825, BZ#1494616, BZ#1540012, BZ#1541144, BZ#1547065, BZ#1552465, BZ#1558143, BZ#1559222, BZ#1559374, BZ#1560728, BZ#1568908, BZ#1575016, BZ#1575067, BZ#1576725, BZ#1578003, BZ#1578324, BZ#1578590, BZ#1578981, BZ#1581230, BZ#1583161, BZ#1583670, BZ#1589866)

Users of openvswitch are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Virtualization Manager 4.2 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1335825 - [RFE] IOMMU support in DPDK for Vhost-user using IOTLB caching
• BZ - 1494616 - OVS daemon got seqfaults inside qede set mtu
• BZ - 1540012 - Cisco system add dpdk port to ovs bridge failed when configure mtu_request to be a jumbo frame
• BZ - 1547065 - Failed to create OVN Logical Switch names with unicode characters 2.9.0
• BZ - 1552465 - High TRex packets loss during live migration over ovs+dpdk+vhost-user
• BZ - 1559222 - [ovn]fail to ping remote hv after two chassis claim lsp at the same time
• BZ - 1559374 - ovs package update complains openvswitch user not exist
• BZ - 1560728 - Assertion auxv_fd != -1 failed in DPDK. openvswitch.service will not start
• BZ - 1575016 - ovs-vswitchd mempool free race condition
• BZ - 1575067 - Backport "net/nfp: fix mbufs releasing when stop or close"
• BZ - 1576725 - ovn-nbctl command showing the gateway chassis not accounting for priority
• BZ - 1578003 - [fdProd] Enable QEDE PMD on x86_64
• BZ - 1578324 - Backport "netdev-dpdk: don't enable scatter for jumbo RX support for nfp "
• BZ - 1578590 - [OVS] [qede] Got ERR when configuring OVS-dpdk with qede NIC
• BZ - 1578981 - [OVS] [qede] OVS daemon crashed in qede_rss_hash_update while configuring OVS-dpdk with qede dpdk interface
• BZ - 1583670 - Backport NFP PMD's "net/nfp: fix lock file usage"
• BZ - 1589866 - [OVS] [qede] OVS daemon got segfault while repeatedly configuring OVS-dpdk bridge

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Virtualization 4

SRPM
openvswitch-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: c5ca6df3574400b93182ce2bc73885e0cc9ee8c19030a9ec6c3cb563c1fc0cef
x86_64
openvswitch-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 277a3daf3f81182ebb545f3d77f3263459b2186689d1dc39b8fc2925d9daae0e
openvswitch-debuginfo-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: bb72b1047c2780b0940cb7036bd4e45671bf6509398b27678960e363fe539e42
openvswitch-devel-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ff41eefd8f1f0edf82eef13c4c008c2dd9a6030d2d6ab6f617fbb0464c197dd0
openvswitch-ovn-common-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 79657193f64c8647937c8a401f727cda8f6da4854dba1c4b440e41de3e62601f
openvswitch-ovn-host-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3b6627aa375df25acabbc39be6e70204fc7c4659c4b023fe5309fa0b98fbc7f3
python-openvswitch-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 5221d802d9485ed27de6f29736bf6141acaa84887d9fd8ae7c784f3fa6cac331

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath 7

SRPM
openvswitch-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: c5ca6df3574400b93182ce2bc73885e0cc9ee8c19030a9ec6c3cb563c1fc0cef
x86_64
openvswitch-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 277a3daf3f81182ebb545f3d77f3263459b2186689d1dc39b8fc2925d9daae0e
openvswitch-debuginfo-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: bb72b1047c2780b0940cb7036bd4e45671bf6509398b27678960e363fe539e42
openvswitch-devel-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ff41eefd8f1f0edf82eef13c4c008c2dd9a6030d2d6ab6f617fbb0464c197dd0
openvswitch-ovn-central-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: de8c5bbafb7daf6ce1e8e0f7e40699e48ffbef0dd1848d15232100bd1c4b56ee
openvswitch-ovn-common-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 79657193f64c8647937c8a401f727cda8f6da4854dba1c4b440e41de3e62601f
openvswitch-ovn-host-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3b6627aa375df25acabbc39be6e70204fc7c4659c4b023fe5309fa0b98fbc7f3
openvswitch-ovn-vtep-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 55127dc4500b93126150f4c3284c6ffd32ae206c81c2bbb6327cd7855c1b4d49
openvswitch-test-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: d1a964a5c5f50e9a90451ce9307b26331cb4f07b259d5a5e8b0740de3cac392d
python-openvswitch-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 5221d802d9485ed27de6f29736bf6141acaa84887d9fd8ae7c784f3fa6cac331

Red Hat Virtualization Manager 4.2

SRPM
openvswitch-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: c5ca6df3574400b93182ce2bc73885e0cc9ee8c19030a9ec6c3cb563c1fc0cef
x86_64
openvswitch-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 277a3daf3f81182ebb545f3d77f3263459b2186689d1dc39b8fc2925d9daae0e
openvswitch-debuginfo-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: bb72b1047c2780b0940cb7036bd4e45671bf6509398b27678960e363fe539e42
openvswitch-devel-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: ff41eefd8f1f0edf82eef13c4c008c2dd9a6030d2d6ab6f617fbb0464c197dd0
openvswitch-ovn-central-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: de8c5bbafb7daf6ce1e8e0f7e40699e48ffbef0dd1848d15232100bd1c4b56ee
openvswitch-ovn-common-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 79657193f64c8647937c8a401f727cda8f6da4854dba1c4b440e41de3e62601f
openvswitch-ovn-host-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3b6627aa375df25acabbc39be6e70204fc7c4659c4b023fe5309fa0b98fbc7f3
python-openvswitch-2.9.0-47.el7fdp.1.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 5221d802d9485ed27de6f29736bf6141acaa84887d9fd8ae7c784f3fa6cac331