RHBA-2022:5445 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for openvswitch2.17 is now available in Fast Datapath for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

Open vSwitch provides standard network bridging functions and support for
the OpenFlow protocol for remote per-flow control of traffic.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• [OVN SCALE] All OVS/OVN components perform an unnecessary extra copy of all data in SSL xmit (BZ#1821383)
• [RFE] Add support for monitor_cond_since/update3 to Python OVS IDL library (BZ#1948595)
• [RFE] Use '--in-memory' by default for OVS with DPDK (BZ#1949849)
• [22.E RHEL-8] Fast Datapath Release (BZ#2091920)

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 Fast Datapath 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath (for RHEL Server for IBM Power LE) 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath (for IBM z Systems) 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath (for RHEL for ARM 64) 8 aarch64

Fixes

• BZ - 1821383 - [OVN SCALE] All OVS/OVN components perform an unnecessary extra copy of all data in SSL xmit
• BZ - 1948595 - [RFE] Add support for monitor_cond_since/update3 to Python OVS IDL library
• BZ - 1949849 - [RFE] Use '--in-memory' by default for OVS with DPDK
• BZ - 2091920 - [22.E RHEL-8] Fast Datapath Release

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)