RHBA-2020:0167 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for ovn2.12 is now available in the Fast Datapath channel of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

OVN, the Open Virtual Network, is a system to support virtual network
abstraction. OVN complements the existing capabilities of OVS to add
native support for virtual network abstractions, such as virtual L2 and L3
overlays and security groups.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• [RFE] Support for load balancing health checks in OVN (BZ#1703162)
• RFE: OVN: support Default Router Preferences and More-Specific Routes (RFC 4191) in RA (BZ#1769849)
• [OVN] pinging vm floatinip is failing at scale (BZ#1776712)
• [OVN] ovn-controller virtual port unbinding might trigger multiple SB DB updates (BZ#1779110)
• [OVN] Traffic not getting blocked when it should within the same Logical Switch (BZ#1779115)
• [OVN] ovn-controller: Add command to trigger a full recompute. (BZ#1779121)

Users of ovn2.12 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

Fixes

• BZ - 1703162 - [RFE] Support for load balancing health checks in OVN
• BZ - 1769849 - RFE: OVN: support Default Router Preferences and More-Specific Routes (RFC 4191) in RA
• BZ - 1776712 - [OVN] pinging vm floatinip is failing at scale
• BZ - 1779110 - [OVN] ovn-controller virtual port unbinding might trigger multiple SB DB updates
• BZ - 1779115 - [OVN] Traffic not getting blocked when it should within the same Logical Switch
• BZ - 1779121 - [OVN] ovn-controller: Add command to trigger a full recompute.

CVEs

(none)

References

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