RHBA-2019:1750 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for openvswitch2.11 is now available in Fast Datapath for 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.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Open vSwitch 2.11 performance looks lower than 2.10 (BZ#1672538)
• ovs-vswitchd dirties entire stack of all revalidator/handler pthreads immediately (BZ#1720315)
• ingress_block not created (BZ#1721219)
• PF to VF VGT Plus TX not offloaded (BZ#1722249)

Additionally, this update adds the following enhancements:

• vs-tc: support OvS internal port offload (BZ#1702334)

Users of openvswitch2.11 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 Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath (for RHEL Server for IBM Power LE) 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 1702334 - [NETRO 7.7 Feat] ovs-tc: support OvS internal port offload
• BZ - 1720315 - ovs-vswitchd dirties entire stack of all revalidator/handler pthreads immediately

CVEs

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References

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