RHBA-2022:7727 - 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 8.7 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 x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 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

Fixes

• BZ - 1739689 - systemd-resolved prefers LLMNR over DNS when reverse resolving its own IP address
• BZ - 1857969 - After login, the "loginctl show-session" command does not show the associated display information
• BZ - 1858220 - Revert workaround for #1819152
• BZ - 1940973 - longer mount points cause systemd invalid argument messages
• BZ - 1948480 - systemd may unnecessarily emit PropertiesChanged D-Bus signal when adding dependencies
• BZ - 1961746 - systemd --user fails to start if user's password expired
• BZ - 1967245 - RFE: Implement global property DefaultDeviceTimeout and corresponding kernel command line parameter
• BZ - 2003236 - journalctl --follow does not exit immediately after stdout is closed
• BZ - 2040247 - systemd: Unknown system calls should produce ENOSYS under systemd-nspawn
• BZ - 2042896 - Allow restart for oneshot units in systemd
• BZ - 2047373 - [RHEL-8.4] systemd still crashes in version systemd-239-45.el8_4.6.x86_64 with coredump
• BZ - 2051520 - [RFE] Top-level drop-in support
• BZ - 2056527 - "%h" doesn't evaluate to home directory
• BZ - 2065322 - systemd services fail to start
• BZ - 2068575 - Delegation to unprivileged users doesn't work for scopes in systemd
• BZ - 2087152 - CI fixes for RHEL-8.7
• BZ - 2093479 - Some pcs commands fail when /proc/cmdline includes debug
• BZ - 2095744 - Delay running mount start jobs when we are in ratelimited state
• BZ - 2096369 - [spec] systemd-libs-239-51.el8_5.5.x86_64 editing compiled nssswitch file
• BZ - 2101227 - Missing GnuTLS runtime libraries for systemd-resolved in mkosi environment
• BZ - 2101433 - systemd-fstab-generator debug log "Found entry" has a typo (arguments are inverted)
• BZ - 2114005 - systemd path unit fails when triggered unit conditions not met
• BZ - 2115396 - systemd leaks pipes when executing Type=exec services
• BZ - 2122288 - RFE: mechanism and logind.conf option to terminate idle sessions

CVEs

(none)

References

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