RHBA-2018:3717 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated dpdk packages that fix several bugs are now available in the Extras channel of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The dpdk packages provide the Data Plane Development Kit, which is a set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing in the user space.

Users of dpdk are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix several bugs.

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 Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 1627285 - Backport "net/mlx{4,5}: avoid stripping the glue library" commits
• BZ - 1646598 - Align DPDK patches with openvswitch-2.9.0-70.el7fdp.1 [rhel-7.6.z]

CVEs

(none)

References

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