RHBA-2022:7680 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 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 IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 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 Server - TUS 8.8 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 Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64
• 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
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64

Fixes

• BZ - 1361145 - [RFE] support offline mode (server-less) for nmcli to edit connection files
• BZ - 1713380 - NetworkManager must DHCPDECLINE when ACD/duplicate address detection fails
• BZ - 1943153 - [RFE] Add granting DHCP server to stored DHCP lease information
• BZ - 1995915 - don't use pre-generated documentation when building NetworkManager package
• BZ - 1996918 - "nmcli radio all" shows wifi enabled even although there is no wifi hardware
• BZ - 2001792 - Unable to set ip address for the ovs-user-bridge
• BZ - 2003214 - Fail when reapplying fail_over_mac for bond devices
• BZ - 2025617 - Make timeout optional and remove arbitrary and undocumented maximum timeout for nm-online
• BZ - 2033643 - RFE: Support overlong DHCP host names (option 12)
• BZ - 2049421 - nm-online doesn't wait for internal dnsmasq instances to be functional before considering the network is up
• BZ - 2052441 - Activation on OVS system interface should fail when OVS daemon not started
• BZ - 2062606 - cannot delete ovs bridge [rhel-8.7.0]
• BZ - 2062609 - Re-attach unmanaged ports to bridge controller after rollback [rhel-8.7.0]
• BZ - 2063109 - [Rebase] Rebase NetworkManager to latest upstream release in RHEL 8.7
• BZ - 2065049 - NetworkManager can't reapply changes to 'connection.autoconnect-slaves' setting causing loss of connectivity
• BZ - 2065191 - NetworkManager DHCP client does not work maybe due to received NAKs
• BZ - 2071985 - Nmstate Verification when creating bond over eth interfaces
• BZ - 2073067 - drop internal "systemd" DHCPv4 client from NetworkManager
• BZ - 2073926 - Lose static IPv6 address after reapply decice
• BZ - 2076131 - Lose unmanaged port when rollback a linux bridge
• BZ - 2077605 - NetworkManager 1.36.0 loses DHCP lease and doesn't try again
• BZ - 2077950 - NetworkManager manages devices that it shouldn't
• BZ - 2079054 - NM wrongly removes all addresses on the unmanaged interface which it shouldn't
• BZ - 2079277 - [UPI][Baremetal] RCHOS is not able to configure network interfaces to reach ignition file
• BZ - 2080236 - [NMCI] nmcli_reconnect_openvswitch_vlan_configuration test fails
• BZ - 2082000 - The primary ip address will be changed after assigning multiple secondary ip addresses from the web console in Alibaba Cloud [rhel-8.7]
• BZ - 2082230 - ip6-privacy (use_tempaddr) IPv6 addresses may be left after disconnect, preventing new autoactivation
• BZ - 2082682 - [RFE] support a ipv6.addr-gen-mode knob in the global config
• BZ - 2091885 - ipv6 default entry from RA stays after a change in the link-local address of the router
• BZ - 2092762 - Changing vlan-filtering, stp or mtu on bridge detachs unmanaged ports
• BZ - 2097270 - fix order/priority for IPv6 addresses configured by NetworkManager in [rhel-8.7]
• BZ - 2105088 - NetworkManager didn't automatically renew the lease on the VLAN interface configured using nmstate
• BZ - 2105956 - nmstate gc does not activate veth interfaces
• BZ - 2105974 - [NMCI] stable_mem_consumption2 test fails
• BZ - 2109285 - fix DHCP (dhclient) accepting lease during EXTENDED event after ACD rework

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.7_release_notes/index