RHBA-2019:3719 - 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 DoS'es the system on port creation failure (BZ#1737146)
• Add visibility and config on vhost tx-retries. (BZ#1747531)
• Connectivity issue across VXLAN tunnels in OVS-DPDK after reboot of hypervisor - problem clears up after restarting openvswitch. (BZ#1759262)
• OVN-DVR HA | DNS Security group rule is applied but not working between VMs on different networks with FIPs. (BZ#1761461)
• ovsdb-server doesn't apply the db server status change to all the json rpc sessions few times. (BZ#1761572)

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
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1737146 - OvS DoS'es the system on port creation failure
• BZ - 1747531 - [RFE] Add visibility and config on vhost tx-retries
• BZ - 1759262 - Connectivity issue across VXLAN tunnels in OVS-DPDK after reboot of hypervisor - problem clears up after restarting openvswitch
• BZ - 1761461 - [RHEL-7] OVN-DVR HA | DNS Security group rule is applied but not working between VMs on different networks with FIPs
• BZ - 1761572 - [RHEL 7] ovsdb-server doesn't apply the db server status change to all the json rpc sessions few times.

CVEs

(none)

References

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