Synopsis

NetworkManager bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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 for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 8 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1642461 - [RFE] add a secondary ip to the primary/first interface of a redhat instance automatically when the change is applied on the infrastructure side [AWS]
• BZ - 1649368 - [RFE] provide possibility to override default internal dhcp client behaviour
• BZ - 1686634 - Virtual devices fail to activate after failing to realize the device once
• BZ - 1688329 - NetworkManager stops trying DHCPv4 after 45 seconds if IPv6 succeeds
• BZ - 1698532 - [RFE] Provide auto-auth-retry option for 802.1x connection when connection fails
• BZ - 1722024 - [RFE] Support query carrier status of interface
• BZ - 1734470 - Reapply DHCPv6 only mode will still get autoconf.
• BZ - 1739154 - rebase libnl3 library to latest upstream version in rhel-8.2
• BZ - 1744427 - [RHEL 8.1] A host with invalid hostname can't activate its network interface by NetworkManager
• BZ - 1749358 - [RFE] Add support of using MAC address as DHCPv6 IAID
• BZ - 1751079 - Keep MTU settings of interface if possible after base interface MTU changes
• BZ - 1753128 - Cannot set MTU lower than 1280
• BZ - 1755406 - teamd: deactivation of slave connection with team-port set does not change teamd config
• BZ - 1759956 - network-online.target reached, even if there is no connectivity given from connections
• BZ - 1762011 - Add permission to nmcli to disable user ability to configure networking
• BZ - 1763062 - device reapply when connection is not fully up does not work
• BZ - 1763734 - Support mac-address change for OVS interface
• BZ - 1768388 - libnm does not show the current destination port for vxlan
• BZ - 1772960 - [NMCI] [abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: _g_log_abort(): /usr/sbin/NetworkManager killed by 5
• BZ - 1773330 - Rebase NetworkManager to latest upstream release (1.22) in RHEL 8.2
• BZ - 1773456 - [NMCI] [abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: raise(): /usr/sbin/NetworkManager killed by 6
• BZ - 1774074 - Creating vxlan fails with NME_UNSPEC
• BZ - 1778640 - Unit test failure in NM build on s390x (endianness issue in DHCP IAID?)
• BZ - 1779162 - Allow to reapply also 802-3-ethernet.mtu value
• BZ - 1781084 - Wi-Fi password prompt is not showing
• BZ - 1781165 - NM OVS: Active connection removed before it was initialized
• BZ - 1781856 - Failed to connect to 802.1X
• BZ - 1782642 - dhclient failed on NIC which is not managed by NM when NetworkManager is running
• BZ - 1782701 - NM OVS: Hang at NM_ACTIVE_CONNECTION_STATE_ACTIVATING state for ovs internal port
• BZ - 1784508 - NetworkManager system loses IP address after lease time (24 hrs) expires
• BZ - 1785147 - RFE: add NM_CAPABILITY_OVS to report OVS plugin status
• BZ - 1787219 - [RHEL8.2] NetworkManager failed to bring up eth0 while launching new image in aws/Azure
• BZ - 1787989 - NM OVS: Activating of OVS internal port fail with NM_DEVICE_STATE_UNMANAGED
• BZ - 1788432 - NM OVS: Port connetion should have not limitation on connection.interface-name length
• BZ - 1789437 - Cannot set bond options to ` arp_validate=active`
• BZ - 1789644 - [HPE 8.2 Bug] networkmanger domain_search list removed dots
• BZ - 1791378 - ipv4.dhcp-timeout infinity is ignored
• BZ - 1791758 - avoid warning from systemd for nm-cloud-setup.service using unsupported settings
• BZ - 1794391 - NM.Client leaking on opened file descriptor
• BZ - 1795919 - Link created for virtual device even if master is not present
• BZ - 1795957 - IPv6 RA timeout cannot be set higher than 120 secs
• BZ - 1797696 - [NMCI] [abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: unknown function(): /usr/sbin/NetworkManager killed by 5
• BZ - 1798947 - Random failure on NM_ACTIVE_CONNECTION_STATE_REASON_DEVICE_DISCONNECTED when creating team interface
• BZ - 1801158 - [RFE] Provide config option for IPv6 RA timeout
• BZ - 1804167 - Cannot modify OVS system interface connection profile
• BZ - 1804350 - ActivateConnection() for a software device fails immediately after AddConnection()
• BZ - 1806516 - NM is not able to renew a DHCP lease if there is a failure sending a single packet
• BZ - 1810153 - fix leaking device state in files in /run/NetworkManager/devices
• BZ - 1810188 - Error trying to remove event source multiple times

CVEs

(none)

References