RHBA-2021:1659 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for lvm2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.4 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 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 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 Resilient Storage for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4 ppc64le
• 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
• 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
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4 s390x
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4 s390x
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 aarch64

Fixes

• BZ - 1664149 - PVs in VGs containing multiple native vdos can not be split even if vdos are on separate devices
• BZ - 1683952 - Native vdo pool autoextend not working
• BZ - 1685301 - native vdo creation|activation should not be allowed in shared activation mode
• BZ - 1685723 - exclusive native vdo with lvmlockd will leave remnant lock and cause vgchange to fail "VG stop failed: LVs must first be deactivated"
• BZ - 1696442 - drastic increase in pool size causes issues with pool metadata: "device-mapper: space map metadata: unable to allocate new metadata block"
• BZ - 1730503 - lvcreate core dumped after 1024 max open fd was reached and exceeded
• BZ - 1741276 - what is proper way to bring back/restore/correct a VG whos PV has gone missing and returned "WARNING: ignoring metadata seqno 3 on /dev/sdp1"
• BZ - 1781406 - arg checking should allow stripe -> raid|mirror conversion or else give a better error
• BZ - 1805893 - report writecache errors in volume health field
• BZ - 1805896 - mode to empty writecache content
• BZ - 1853471 - origin is now allowed to be online and active during conversion to writecache
• BZ - 1854558 - snapshots of writecache volumes have been enabled
• BZ - 1855804 - lvmvdo(7) manpage bugs (manpage needs refinement)
• BZ - 1859794 - Enable --syncaction check|repair on raid+integrity volumes
• BZ - 1872130 - error code for up conversion of degraded raid should reflect actual cmd result
• BZ - 1872695 - Cannot create LV with cache when PV is encrypted
• BZ - 1887598 - dm-event.service segfaults creating a snapshot with altered reserved_memory and reserved_stack
• BZ - 1888817 - attempting to partial activate a writecache pool and origin with a missing pool device segfaults
• BZ - 1890299 - pvck dump and repair assume the first mda is always at 4096
• BZ - 1894692 - lvcreate behavior change when detected signature is found
• BZ - 1899926 - "Rebase" lvm2 to upcoming version 2.03.11 or later
• BZ - 1905705 - "fsadm resize /dev/foo" without size argument crashes
• BZ - 1906412 - "Detach cachevol before removing" error when attempting to uncache writecache pool
• BZ - 1906541 - cache activation with cachevol is missing cache_check
• BZ - 1909699 - Thin-pool using ~16GB of metadata uses different limit for lvm2 and thin tools
• BZ - 1914389 - creation of mirror|raid when read_only_volume_list is present no longer works
• BZ - 1915497 - Allocation of thin-pool in corner-case scenario may require more space then needed
• BZ - 1915580 - dmeventd segfault during raid integrity failure testing
• BZ - 1917920 - pvck --dump headers|metadata both report non 0 return codes when run on non 4k page size machines
• BZ - 1921214 - mode to interrupt --splitcache operation doesn't work with striped wc origin volumes
• BZ - 1925871 - lvm[698]: Failed to get primary device for 259:2
• BZ - 1931893 - fsadm reports unbound variable when used -l <path to LV>

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.4_release_notes/index