RHBA-2021:0569 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for leapp and leapp-repository is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras.

Description

The leapp packages provide the Leapp utility, a framework for performing an in-place upgrade from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. The leapp-repository packages provide modules for the Leapp utility.

The leapp and leapp-repository packages have been updated to provide bug fixes and enhancements over the previous versions. (BZ#1915508, BZ#1915509)

Notable enhancement in this release:

• You can create custom scripts for the Leapp pre-upgrade report. See Customizing your Red Hat Enterprise Linux pre-upgrade report for details.

The supported in-place upgrade paths currently are:

• From RHEL 7.8 to RHEL 8.2 on the 64-bit Intel, IBM POWER 8 (little endian), and IBM Z architectures
• From RHEL 7.6 to RHEL 8.2 on architectures that require kernel version 4.14: IBM POWER 9 (little endian) and IBM Z (Structure A)
• From RHEL 7.7 to RHEL 8.2 on systems with SAP HANA.

See Supported in-place upgrade paths for Red Hat Enterprise Linux linked from the References section.

IMPORTANT:
To ensure your system remains supported after upgrading to RHEL 8.2, either update to the latest RHEL 8.3 version or enable the RHEL 8.2 Extended Update Support (EUS) repositories. On systems with SAP HANA, enable the RHEL 8.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions (E4S) repositories.

For detailed instructions on performing an in-place upgrade, see Upgrading from RHEL 7 to RHEL 8 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 Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1870813 - leapp upgrade fails when filesystems are mounted with nobarrier option but doesn't warn in preupgrade check
• BZ - 1872356 - Leapp upgrade may lead to the grub prompt
• BZ - 1873312 - leapp preupgrade is failing on the client when SCA enabled manifest is used on the Satellite server
• BZ - 1899455 - [leapp] upgrade to RHEL 8 issue with IB interfaces
• BZ - 1901002 - Invalid syntax in 50-do-upgrade.sh
• BZ - 1905247 - Leapp upgrade fails when /boot/efi/ is mounted
• BZ - 1915508 - Rebase leapp package to new upstream version
• BZ - 1915509 - Rebase leapp-repository package to new upstream version

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/articles/5777571
• https://access.redhat.com/articles/4263361
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/upgrading_from_rhel_7_to_rhel_8/