RHBA-2023:2463 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for kexec-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 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 9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.2 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.2 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.4 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.2 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.2 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1962421 - [RHEL-9]"eth0: Failed to rename network interface 3 from 'eth0' to 'kdump-eth0': File exists"
• BZ - 2044804 - kexec-tools uses Recommends for zstd
• BZ - 2045949 - kexec-tools fails with "zstd not found" when eliminates squash in kdump.conf
• BZ - 2064708 - kdump: mkdumprd: failed to make kdump initrd for bridge or bond network on z15 z/vm
• BZ - 2076206 - kdumpctl estimate gives a value that leads to OOM for LUKS2-encrypted kdump target
• BZ - 2076416 - Reuse NetworkManager connection profiles to set up kdump network
• BZ - 2083475 - [RFE][RHEL9.1] Included thin provisioned volume as a supported target for kdump
• BZ - 2085347 - [RFE] kdump: support dump to virtiofs
• BZ - 2089871 - kexec-tools package update failed
• BZ - 2090534 - Please improve error message on non-existing NFS target directories: skip local temp path
• BZ - 2104534 - Confusing warning despite success - "sed: can't read /etc/default/grub: No such file or directory" when running kdumpctl reset-crashkernel --kernel=ALL on s390x
• BZ - 2111857 - kdump.log is world readable
• BZ - 2120186 - the kdump initramfs includes unnecessary NIC drivers for SSH/NFS dumping target
• BZ - 2120188 - shutdown those unneeded network interfaces to save memory for kdump
• BZ - 2120914 - [rhel9.2] Rebase makedumpfile to latest release
• BZ - 2120916 - [rhel9.2] Rebase kexec-tools to v2.0.25
• BZ - 2133129 - RHEL9[s390x]Confusing warning despite success - "sed: can't read /etc/default/grub: No such file or directory" when updating kexec-tools
• BZ - 2151500 - kdump to ssh fails to build initrd: dracut[7215]: Failed to get the driver of lo
• BZ - 2151842 - [Azure][RHEL9.2] Kdump cannot save vmcore via ssh with enabled accelerated networking NIC
• BZ - 2168504 - [Azure]crashkernel=auto after leapp upgrade from 8.8 to 9.2

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.2_release_notes/index