RHBA-2021:4431 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for lvm2 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 IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 8 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1683950 - vdo pool on top of raid1 does not survive rename
• BZ - 1790905 - LVM Thin: transaction ids differ after bulk snapshot creations/deletions
• BZ - 1856603 - Change man lvmthin to not say that the thin pool and thin lv will be lost upon unsuccessful repair
• BZ - 1857140 - suspiciously high min size for raid to vdo pool conversion
• BZ - 1857147 - lvm vdo memory consumption is way higher than documented
• BZ - 1872903 - remove pvmove restriction on naming writecache LV
• BZ - 1899214 - [RFE] add new LV flag to control autoactivation
• BZ - 1899263 - "Assertion failed: can't _pv_write non-orphan PV (in VG )" after cache vgsplit left an orphaned lvol0_pmspare volume
• BZ - 1899720 - Allow thin-pool to be resized (grown) when cache is on top
• BZ - 1915492 - allow forced detach of damaged cachevol
• BZ - 1922312 - add devices file feature
• BZ - 1930261 - [RFE] Create a tool to convert native VDO volumes to LVM-managed VDO volumes
• BZ - 1932586 - RFE: add ability to configure forced shutdown a shared VG when sanlock locks are lost
• BZ - 1932761 - LVM devices automatically activated with event_activation turned off
• BZ - 1935244 - fsadm reports unbound variable when used -l <path to LV> [rhel-8.5.0]
• BZ - 1952231 - [RFE]: Please document fsadm '-l' option in man page.
• BZ - 1956949 - new pvremove check uses new vague error message when pv label was already removed
• BZ - 1957040 - add a warning or a mention in devices/filter section that the devices file renders filters unusable
• BZ - 1957831 - "Rebase" lvm2 to upcoming version 2.03.12 or later
• BZ - 1957892 - [RFE] lvextend with writecache origin
• BZ - 1957898 - Allow thin-pool data to be extended when writecache is on top
• BZ - 1961890 - lvcreate can't load new vdo module
• BZ - 1964622 - unable to remove writecache converted thinpool volume
• BZ - 1967744 - Unable to activate snapshots of external origin thin volumes
• BZ - 1974901 - how should scsi_debug "test" devices work with the new lvm devices file
• BZ - 1986885 - vdoimport "Command failed. Volume group not found" errors during create
• BZ - 1986915 - vdoimport conversion tool need to increment the default VG name used when one is not given
• BZ - 1986930 - internal tool vdo2lvm name should change to something less appealing to the user
• BZ - 1988504 - what's the plan if a script or user fails to answer "y" to the vdoimport "convert vdovg/vdolvol_vpool" question?
• BZ - 1989650 - "vdoimport --dry-run" is broken
• BZ - 1992662 - vdoimport tool is missing executable flag
• BZ - 1996227 - vdo to lvm conversion tool doesn't handle vdo logical sizes > 2T and < 10k

CVEs

(none)

References

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