RHBA-2022:9091 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for openvswitch2.15 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):

• OVS fails to set qdisc on tap interfaces with "noqueue" qdisc (BZ#2138339)
• [i40e]i40e_set_mac_max_frame(): Set max frame size at port level not applicable on link down (BZ#2142230)
• [22.L RHEL-8] Fast Datapath Release (BZ#2145176)

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 - 2138339 - OVS fails to set qdisc on tap interfaces with "noqueue" qdisc
• BZ - 2145176 - [22.L RHEL-8] Fast Datapath Release

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)