RHBA-2019:2522 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for openvswitch2.11 is 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.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• OVS daemon got segfault when virsh start <guest> (BZ#1621626)
• Rebase internal DPDK to 18.11.2 (BZ#1713698)
• Observed the difference between dpctl and nic statistics (BZ#1728610)
• [Mellanox][OVS-DPDK] PMD fails to attach Mellanox nic cards on a running environment, possibly triggered by link down. (BZ#1730421)

Known issues:

• It was discovered that vhostuser using the qede dpdk driver could have issues with jumbo frame packets. A fix will be provided in future releases. (BZ#1735638)

Users of openvswitch2.11 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

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 - 1621626 - [OVS} OVS daemon got segfault when virsh start <guest>
• BZ - 1713698 - Rebase internal DPDK to 18.11.2
• BZ - 1728610 - [openvswitch2.11] observed the difference between dpctl and nic statistics

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)