RHBA-2019:2302 - 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 7.7 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 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 IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 1369905 - [RFE] NetworkManager only configures static/manual IP addresses after DHCP completes
• BZ - 1506536 - screen transition of nmtui in KDE is slow
• BZ - 1519176 - slave type in ovs is not guessed correctly
• BZ - 1540218 - ovs ports are still visible when ovs master bridge is removed
• BZ - 1542366 - [NMCI][abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: raise(): /usr/sbin/NetworkManager killed by 6
• BZ - 1543557 - reconnect of ovs components should work flawlessly
• BZ - 1546061 - [NMCI][abrt] [faf] nmcli crash on device disconnect
• BZ - 1546805 - deleting value of tc.qdisc prevents connection upping
• BZ - 1548237 - network interface ipv6 address missed after down and up it while NetworkManger service is running
• BZ - 1560652 - Failure setting IPv6 token for interface in kernel
• BZ - 1578335 - Checkpoint keeps dangling reference to deleted device
• BZ - 1637853 - failed to disable userspace IPv6LL address handling
• BZ - 1637901 - [NMCI][abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: raise(): /usr/sbin/NetworkManager killed by 6
• BZ - 1639208 - [NMCI] [abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: delete_device_cb(): /usr/bin/nmcli killed by 11
• BZ - 1640234 - Fix handling "serial.parity" and "serial.send-delay" properties in nmcli.
• BZ - 1641174 - VPN connection cannot be activated with nm-applet
• BZ - 1642625 - Crash in libnm when cancelling GCancellable from within activate-connect-async callback
• BZ - 1648009 - NetworkManager limits the search field of resolv.conf to 6 entries in _collect_resolv_conf_data()
• BZ - 1650433 - Route lost when restart network interface on Redhat 7.6
• BZ - 1652210 - NetworkManager lldp VLAN name parser does reads too many bytes
• BZ - 1652211 - [RFE] Parse all VLAN TLVs from LLDP packets
• BZ - 1652653 - [RFE] support routing rules in NetworkManager for policy-routing
• BZ - 1652910 - [RFE] expose VLAN filtering in linux bridge connection attributes
• BZ - 1676635 - nmcli connection modify +ipv4.dns-options does not append
• BZ - 1689054 - libnm crash on `NM.Client.props.dns_configuration`
• BZ - 1695093 - SR-IOV nmcli's properties do not work under RHEL7
• BZ - 1695723 - [NMCI] ipv4_dhcp_client_id_default_rhel7 test fail
• BZ - 1697844 - [NMCI] team_abs_overwrite_watchers test fail
• BZ - 1697900 - [NMCI] [abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: unknown function(): /usr/sbin/NetworkManager killed by 5
• BZ - 1698495 - nmcli crashing when upping gsm connection
• BZ - 1700408 - [abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: unknown function(): /usr/sbin/NetworkManager killed by 6
• BZ - 1700409 - [abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: unknown function(): /usr/bin/nmcli killed by 11
• BZ - 1701585 - nmcli does not bring up vlan interfaces
• BZ - 1702203 - [NMCI] nmcli_wifisec_psk_validity test fail
• BZ - 1702657 - reapply of MTU does not work
• BZ - 1704308 - Cannot bring up ip6gre tunnel connection via NetworkManager
• BZ - 1707261 - NetworkManager: failed assertion when adding connection
• BZ - 1708660 - fix LoadConnections D-Bus call for relative paths and return status
• BZ - 1709849 - fix file permissions for /var/lib/NetworkManager/secret_key
• BZ - 1711952 - NetworkManager kills teamd on assumed device when the link goes down
• BZ - 1714610 - 802-1x EAP-TLS connection disappearing after reboot
• BZ - 1720153 - nmcli ignores validate_active: true, validate_inactive: true when a team device is being created see #3 for details

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.7_release_notes/index