RHBA-2021:2083 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for openvswitch2.13 is now available in Fast Datapath for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

Open vSwitch provides standard network bridging functions and support for
the OpenFlow protocol for remote per-flow control of traffic.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• [ovsdb-server][raft] connecting a server to a db cluster might generate an inconsistent local DB if the server is forcefully stopped (BZ#1848066)
• [RFE] For OVS userspace add generic connection tracking for IP protocols not being UDP, TCP or ICMP(v6) (BZ#1876459)
• Unexpected behaviour of ovsdb *_is_new() functions (BZ#1883562)
• OVS IPsec using self-signed certificates on libreswan does not work (BZ#1884646)
• Fenced OVN server still present in cluster/status (BZ#1929690)
• [21.D RHEL-8] Fast Datapath Release (BZ#1952255)

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 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath (for RHEL Server for IBM Power LE) 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath (for IBM z Systems) 8 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1848066 - [ovsdb-server][raft] connecting a server to a db cluster might generate an inconsistent local DB if the server is forcefully stopped
• BZ - 1876459 - [RFE] For OVS userspace add generic connection tracking for IP protocols not being UDP, TCP or ICMP(v6)
• BZ - 1883562 - Unexpected behaviour of ovsdb *_is_new() functions
• BZ - 1884646 - OVS IPsec using self-signed certificates on libreswan does not work
• BZ - 1929690 - Fenced OVN server still present in cluster/status
• BZ - 1952255 - [21.D RHEL-8] Fast Datapath Release

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)