RHBA-2021:4157 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.5 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 Server - AUS 8.6 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 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 Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 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 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 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

Fixes

• BZ - 1722352 - vlan id can't be changed with nmstatectl
• BZ - 1813357 - Use upstream tier 1 integration test cases as CI gating
• BZ - 1892569 - Failed on bond mode 5 when tlb_dynamic_lb is set
• BZ - 1892616 - do not show ovs-system interface
• BZ - 1893654 - [OVS] Remove and clear unused OVS profiles from nmcli
• BZ - 1893721 - unify the name of property 'port/ports'
• BZ - 1893938 - ignore mac of vrf interface
• BZ - 1895851 - ignore case of ad_actor_system for warning message
• BZ - 1895865 - ad_actor_system as multicast address is written into NM profile
• BZ - 1896619 - cannot change any other state if fail_over_mac=active is set in a bond
• BZ - 1898910 - RFE: Support for configuring flow-control (pause parameters) on interfaces.
• BZ - 1902976 - creating vlan is restricted by certain naming rule
• BZ - 1907032 - failed to reapply current state of a bond interface
• BZ - 1908646 - Cannot configure IP on an ovs interface which has the same name with ovs bridge
• BZ - 1909798 - nmstate doesn't report link scoped route
• BZ - 1915850 - Rollback not working with a linux-bridge on default bridge at OCP with OVN Kubernetes
• BZ - 1923834 - RFE: Support 802.1X authentication
• BZ - 1928745 - copy-mac-from should use perm_hwaddr
• BZ - 1931778 - failed to recreate VF if VF NM profiles exists
• BZ - 1935710 - Nmstate fails configuring networking on unrelated devices when they are unmanaged
• BZ - 1937012 - [RFE] Allow to set physical interfaces in promiscuous mode
• BZ - 1937380 - RFE: Support automatically configure network using LLDP
• BZ - 1938675 - cannot reduce amounts of VF if VF instances were activated
• BZ - 1939557 - "Failed to find suitable interface for saving DNS name servers" when configuring an unrelated interface
• BZ - 1941462 - cannot create vlan over a bridge with port veth in one transaction
• BZ - 1942458 - [Rebase] Rebase nmstate to last stable release
• BZ - 1944054 - state=ignore doesn't work for ovs port
• BZ - 1944582 - Cannot set DNS with DHCP on interface
• BZ - 1947287 - [OVS] Moving network between bonds with different MTU fails
• BZ - 1947315 - [OVS] Changing vlan tag of network fails
• BZ - 1962551 - Cannot remove route from different table than default
• BZ - 1964307 - Impossible to add a OVS bridge port
• BZ - 1964342 - Using nmstate inside a pod prevents any OVS operation
• BZ - 1969889 - Unable to create vlan device after 2.5.7 to 2.6.5 upgrade Error: Activate profile: bond0.400 failed: error=nm-manager-error-quark: Failed to find a compatible device for this connection
• BZ - 1970195 - nmstate reports some unchangeable ethtool features on vrf
• BZ - 1972636 - [MTU] MTU gets lowered by 1 after applying route rules
• BZ - 1979933 - [OVS] Adding route rules to interface fails with error
• BZ - 1984764 - cannot preserve ethtool settings
• BZ - 1985879 - Verification fails with next hop address 0.0.0.0

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.5_release_notes/index