RHBA-2021:2589 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

Nmstate is a library with an accompanying command line tool that manages host networking settings in a declarative manner.

Bug fixes:

• Incorrectly choose unmanaged interface for DNS configurations. (BZ#1961914)
• Activation failure for changing OVS VLAN ID. (BZ#1961913)
• Activation failure for changing MTU of OVS Bond. (BZ#1961912)
• Using nmstate inside a pod prevents any OVS operation. (BZ#1964439)
• Cannot remove route from different table than default. (BZ#1964440)
• Failed on bond mode 5 when tlb_dynamic_lb is set. (BZ#1966379)

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 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 - 1961912 - [OVS] Moving network between bonds with different MTU fails [rhel-8.4.0.z]
• BZ - 1961913 - [OVS] Changing vlan tag of network fails [rhel-8.4.0.z]
• BZ - 1961914 - Cannot set DNS with DHCP on interface [rhel-8.4.0.z]
• BZ - 1964439 - Using nmstate inside a pod prevents any OVS operation [rhel-8.4.0.z]
• BZ - 1964440 - Cannot remove route from different table than default [rhel-8.4.0.z]
• BZ - 1966379 - Failed on bond mode 5 when tlb_dynamic_lb is set [rhel-8.4.0.z]

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)