RHBA-2020:4696 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.3 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 x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.8 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 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 Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 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 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 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 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 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 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

Fixes

• BZ - 1738838 - IPv6 multicast route ff00::/8 is not included in `libnmstate.show()` after rollback
• BZ - 1748389 - Lost default gateway when applying empty state
• BZ - 1756687 - [RFE] configure non-persistent network state
• BZ - 1782674 - [nmstate] Need better error messages on failure of bond's slaves having IP configs in a transaction
• BZ - 1785130 - When 'route-rules' is set, cannot apply a new transaction without touching 'route-rules' property
• BZ - 1785172 - 'nmstatectl show ifaceA' shows the irrelevant configured route rules
• BZ - 1788763 - Need more clear error message on failure of changing vlan's mtu greater than the base interface
• BZ - 1794762 - [NMCI] tests/integration/interface_common_test.py test failed
• BZ - 1795304 - [NMCI] tests/integration/interface_common_test.py::test_take_over_virtual_interface_and_rollback
• BZ - 1797986 - Calling 'commit_changes_async' libnm method of with a valid 'profile' object returns error 'Object is no longer in the client cache'
• BZ - 1806452 - Use kernel runtime bridge status instead of on-disk configuration
• BZ - 1806474 - nmstatectl: put the ovs bond's name on top when print the ovs' state
• BZ - 1806891 - Switching from dynamic to static IPv6 only, sometimes causes the verification failure
• BZ - 1806969 - nmstate should report nameservers only once
• BZ - 1807418 - Cannot change bond's miimon from the bigger value to 0
• BZ - 1807726 - Cannot set un-default mtu on ovs interface
• BZ - 1808990 - Added unnecessary 'hwaddr' key to team subtree when set a transaction for twice
• BZ - 1809038 - team.ports: put the port's name on top when print the state
• BZ - 1809050 - Got failed when link_watch of team port is explicitly set
• BZ - 1810339 - Don't show unavailable bond options for the current mode
• BZ - 1810384 - Got failure when team.ports are not sorted by name
• BZ - 1812335 - Bond: cannot set back 'arp_ip_target' and 'arp_interval' options to default value
• BZ - 1812737 - Support automatically dealing with unavailable options when changing bond mode
• BZ - 1813174 - Fail to delete slaved dummy soon after nmstate rollback
• BZ - 1816612 - support converting host format to subnet format in route-rules config
• BZ - 1818750 - Get failure when mac of vf contains upper case
• BZ - 1819588 - Got NM_ACTIVE_CONNECTION_STATE_REASON_DEVICE_DISCONNECTED when activating SRIOV with min-tx-rate=1 on IGB NIC
• BZ - 1820009 - Improve the performance of nmstate when creating 300+ bridge with 1 VLAN each.
• BZ - 1832994 - [nmstate] Rebase to latest stable release
• BZ - 1849967 - if the slaves were attached to bond with mode 802.3ad before, then it fails to create mode balance-tlb or alb
• BZ - 1850698 - [Regression] Cannot remove static DNS configure
• BZ - 1855189 - Fail to change bridge slave if an unmanaged slave exists
• BZ - 1858758 - Fail to add a bond port to an existed ovs bridge
• BZ - 1858762 - MTU of an ovs patch port is shown as 0
• BZ - 1859148 - vlan tag is not removed from interface if was attached over bridged/bridge less with custom MTU
• BZ - 1859844 - Cannot set dummy config from non-persistent to persistent
• BZ - 1861263 - Failed to converting bond created by iproute to NetworkManager using nmstate
• BZ - 1861668 - Fail to update vlan or MTU properties on a bridge used by a running VM(vnet tap device)
• BZ - 1862025 - [Regression] Cannot attach interface holding multiple NM profiles to linux bridge
• BZ - 1866269 - Missing NM UUID in ovs external_ids on creating
• BZ - 1869338 - Cannot swap patch port when ovsdb is enabled
• BZ - 1869345 - Cannot remove all ovs ports when ovsdb is enabled
• BZ - 1869354 - Cannot change ovs option when ovsdb plugin is enabled

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.3_release_notes/index