RHBA-2021:2509 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for openvswitch2.15 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):

• [RFE] Transfer RAFT leadership during snapshot writing (BZ#1960391)
• [21.E RHEL-8] Fast Datapath Release (BZ#1964683)
• [OSP16.2]nova-compute service is down after openvswitch_restart (BZ#1970832)

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 - 1960391 - [RFE] Transfer RAFT leadership during snapshot writing
• BZ - 1964683 - [21.E RHEL-8] Fast Datapath Release
• BZ - 1970832 - [OSP16.2]nova-compute service is down after openvswitch_restart

CVEs

• CVE-2021-36980

References

(none)