RHBA-2019:3548 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for vdo is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.2 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.1 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.1 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1540287 - RFE: Provide bash completion for vdo command
• BZ - 1653802 - index creation fails on md raid 6 on SuperMicro with MegaRaid controller
• BZ - 1659247 - VDO's preresume can cause crashes on rare error conditions
• BZ - 1665298 - dmsetup targets version number only changes when user tools need to update
• BZ - 1666425 - RFE: Provide bash completion for vdostats command
• BZ - 1668747 - vdostats displays a large number for volumes started in read-only mode
• BZ - 1669086 - VDO must not modify disk state during construction
• BZ - 1669124 - Attempting to remove a read-only VDO volume after failed growPhysical (due to read-only mode) encounters NULL pointer dereference
• BZ - 1669492 - vdoformat is missing new line while printing summary
• BZ - 1669534 - Remove Ansible module from VDO package
• BZ - 1669960 - Calling vdoStatus too early can result in NULL pointer dereference
• BZ - 1678785 - Loading table with too big physical size spams of type 6 VIO producing System Error -5 (plus soft lockup)
• BZ - 1679224 - Traceback IsADirectoryError on vdo create --logfile=$directory
• BZ - 1684248 - VDO allows removal with backing device missing
• BZ - 1684249 - vdo internal 'pvcreate --test' needs to set scan_lv to 1 due to lvm behavior change bug 1676598 when run on LV
• BZ - 1686091 - How should native lvm vdo volumes be presented in 'vdo list'
• BZ - 1696492 - UDS writes the volume header in native endian format
• BZ - 1698664 - Storage device failure can cause VDO to flood kern.log with messages about "searchIndexZone() failed"
• BZ - 1703243 - VDO should not flood the kernel log with too many messages
• BZ - 1703621 - VDO fails to recover after a crash due to a threading issue
• BZ - 1707100 - Kernel modules are not signed
• BZ - 1710017 - creating VDO on PV fails with "Failed to make FileLayer from '/dev/disk/by-id/*'" with --force
• BZ - 1717435 - Uncaught assertion error when given too small physical size in dmsetup table
• BZ - 1718058 - VDO uses pointers to unaligned fields in packed structures
• BZ - 1725077 - creating a two-VDO-segment device with the same pool name for both gives an obscure error message

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.1_release_notes/