RHBA-2020:0190 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for ovn2.11 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: OVN: add RDNSS support (RFC 6106) (BZ#1699332)
• [OVN] pinging vm floatinip is failing at scale (BZ#1756945)
• [OVN] Keepalived handover doesn't work on single-node deployment with virtual interface type (BZ#1762341)
• [OVN] HA Chassis failover won't work if there's stale chassis entries (BZ#1762777)
• RFE: OVN: add DNSSL support (RFC 6106) (BZ#1764718)
• [RFE] Support IPv6 NAT for dnat_and_snat (BZ#1768347)
• Reduce erroneous duplicate IP address messages (BZ#1769043)
• [ovn-northd] A wrong MAC address on the NAT table appears to be causing a Segmentation Fault (BZ#1769709)
• ovn-controller consumes to much memory and eventually core dumps (BZ#1770953)
• [OVN] Traffic not getting blocked when it should within the same Logical Switch (BZ#1778164)
• [OVN] ovn-controller virtual port unbinding might trigger multiple SB DB updates (BZ#1779112)
• [OVN] ovn-controller: Add command to trigger a full recompute. (BZ#1779124)
• RFE: OVN: support Default Router Preferences and More-Specific Routes (RFC 4191) in RA (BZ#1779212)
• [RFE] Support for load balancing health checks in OVN (BZ#1784081)

Users of ovn2.11 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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 - 1699332 - RFE: OVN: add RDNSS support (RFC 6106)
• BZ - 1756945 - [OVN] pinging vm floatinip is failing at scale
• BZ - 1762341 - [OVN] Keepalived handover doesn't work on single-node deployment with virtual interface type
• BZ - 1762777 - [OVN] HA Chassis failover won't work if there's stale chassis entries
• BZ - 1764718 - RFE: OVN: add DNSSL support (RFC 6106)
• BZ - 1768347 - [RFE] Support IPv6 NAT for dnat_and_snat
• BZ - 1769043 - Reduce erroneous duplicate IP address messages
• BZ - 1769709 - [ovn-northd] A wrong MAC address on the NAT table appears to be causing a Segmentation Fault
• BZ - 1770953 - ovn-controller consumes to much memory and eventually core dumps
• BZ - 1778164 - [OVN] Traffic not getting blocked when it should within the same Logical Switch
• BZ - 1779112 - [OVN] ovn-controller virtual port unbinding might trigger multiple SB DB updates
• BZ - 1779124 - [OVN] ovn-controller: Add command to trigger a full recompute.
• BZ - 1779212 - RFE: OVN: support Default Router Preferences and More-Specific Routes (RFC 4191) in RA
• BZ - 1784081 - [RFE] Support for load balancing health checks in OVN

CVEs

(none)

References

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