RHBA-2023:0937 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

This is the three month notification for the retirement of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support (EUS). This notification applies only to those customers subscribed to the Extended Update Support (EUS) channel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4.

Description

In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy, Extended Update Support (EUS) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 will retire as of May 31, 2023, and active maintenance will no longer be provided. Accordingly, Red Hat will no longer provide updated packages, including Critical or Important Impact security patches or Urgent Priority bug fixes, for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 EUS after May 31, 2023. In addition, ongoing technical support through Red Hat's Customer Experience and Engagement will be limited as described under "non-current minor releases" in the Knowledgebase article located here https://access.redhat.com/articles/64664 after this date.

We encourage customers to migrate from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 to a more recent version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. As a benefit of the Red Hat subscription model, customers can use their active subscriptions to entitle any system on any currently supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux release.

Solution

This erratum contains an updated redhat-release-server package that provides a copy of this retirement notice in the "/usr/share/doc/" directory.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2167971 - RHEL 8.4 EUS 3 Month Retirement Notice - (build + errata due by Feb 21)

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/articles/64664