RHBA-2021:4254 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for anaconda 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 IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64

Fixes

• BZ - 1903178 - CDN visibility missing check for subscription interface
• BZ - 1903786 - "Encrypt my data" checkbox disappears after selecting "Custom" storage configuration
• BZ - 1915910 - Use RHEL help content for RHV
• BZ - 1918702 - There's a logic bug here In function startX at pyanaconda/core/util.py
• BZ - 1929008 - Configuring a network team and vlan via anaconda results in a traceback when anaconda attempts to write out the kickstart
• BZ - 1931069 - Allow to finish installation even when insights-client fails to register
• BZ - 1935722 - Selected disks have inconsistent sector sizes (anaconda part)
• BZ - 1938916 - localization "french": translation not in sync + enhancement proposal
• BZ - 1941578 - Anaconda traceback when registering to CDN and using liveimg payload
• BZ - 1946347 - The Boot ISO installer for CentOS Stream 8 doesn't offer any mirrors that are needed to do the installation
• BZ - 1947445 - Adjust Anaconda to Subscription Manager date formatting fix
• BZ - 1949487 - Anaconda should explicitly log if the installation finished successfully
• BZ - 1950053 - "Connect to Red Hat" button is occasionally disabled
• BZ - 1953698 - anaconda: CentOS Stream config
• BZ - 1961622 - [anaconda] RHEL 8.5 Tier 0 Localization
• BZ - 1963834 - Bonding on VLAN with kickstart makes traceback: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_mac_address'
• BZ - 1970879 - /root/anaconda-ks.cfg file should be accessible when kickstart %post scripts are executed
• BZ - 1974149 - Anaconda artwork doesn't fade well into background color
• BZ - 1984958 - anaconda-core: remove subscription-manager requirement (c8s)
• BZ - 2001913 - Anaconda prints an incorrect advice when ksdevice= is used on the kernel command line

CVEs

(none)

References

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