RHBA-2022:2069 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 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 - 1798685 - [spec] rpm -V setup fail on /var/log/lastlog
• BZ - 1860899 - Annoying notice messages "Killing process PID (systemctl) with signal SIGKILL."
• BZ - 1931806 - [PATCH] - Changing process PID causing journal logs to show old PID then logs are missing _SYSTEMD_ tags after a restart of systemd-journald
• BZ - 1944468 - No difference between x and X type in systemd-tmpfiles
• BZ - 1959150 - [ESXi][RHEL8] ESXi AARCH64 Bringup
• BZ - 1970945 - systemd coredump in message_extend_fields -> realloc
• BZ - 1977569 - infinite loop in systemd-coredump process with crashing a process started by kernel thread.
• BZ - 1991834 - [RFE] Add udev rule to create /dev/ptp_hyperv symlink
• BZ - 2004765 - systemd-analyze calendar --iterations= unsupported
• BZ - 2005009 - Update hwdb to support new HW [rhel-8.6.0]
• BZ - 2008825 - Node upgrade failed due to "expected target osImageURL" MCD error
• BZ - 2015057 - Backport "mount-util: fix fd_is_mount_point() when both the parent and directory are network fs"
• BZ - 2017033 - CI fixes for RHEL-8
• BZ - 2018024 - systemd: backport %_environmentdir macro typo fix
• BZ - 2020239 - Avoid possible assert on D-Bus call
• BZ - 2027908 - Network interface names are not necessarily predictable and don't match previous names
• BZ - 2036608 - Rate-limiting mount events can make starting/stopping mount units unreliable
• BZ - 2036853 - Unable to ensure pod container exists: failed to create container for [kubepods burstable ...] : Argument list too long
• BZ - 2037807 - Unprivileged users can't send ICMP echo requests
• BZ - 2039797 - Update list of RHEL specific network naming schemes

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.6_release_notes/index