RHBA-2023:2531 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for systemd 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 CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 9 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 9 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.2 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.2 aarch64
• 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 - 1985288 - cryptsetup resize on a LUKS container on top of an LVM logical volume unmounts the filesystem contained on the LUKS
• BZ - 2006762 - RFE: systemd-resolved: add a way to disable synthetic RR generation
• BZ - 2031810 - Symlinks to NVMe drives are missing in /dev/disk/by-path
• BZ - 2074833 - Oddly packaged systemd cryptsetup plugins
• BZ - 2118593 - [PATCH] backport - System V Compatbility Shutdown/Reboot Commands Should Honor Inhibitors and Send PrepareForShutdown DBus Signal When Run As Root
• BZ - 2122500 - CI fixes for RHEL-9.2
• BZ - 2123648 - Stale devlink device units are not cleaned up while dispatching UDEV change events
• BZ - 2123927 - Enabling a service with Alias fails with "Invalid cross-device link"
• BZ - 2126819 - systemd watchdogdevice not honored
• BZ - 2135794 - Listening socket has incorrect label when SELinuxContextFromNet=yes is set
• BZ - 2137377 - There are some Systemd failed condition check messages that occur in dmesg on RHEL 9.0.
• BZ - 2137584 - bus_poll() can fail with EINTR, which doesn't seem handled by callers at all
• BZ - 2138081 - Rebase systemd to latest upstream release - systemd v252
• BZ - 2138883 - [spec] Explicitly set default net naming scheme to rhel-9
• BZ - 2140646 - [spec] Enable 'systemd-stub' in the build
• BZ - 2141979 - Provide 'systemd-measure' tool and support it in 'systemd-cryptenroll'
• BZ - 2148450 - kernel-install doesn't read /etc/machine-id properly when building OS images
• BZ - 2151612 - suspend-then-hibernate behavior is broken with systemd-252
• BZ - 2157663 - [spec] Please move systemd-boot related files to separate buildroot-only subpackage
• BZ - 2159448 - SR-IOV VF names are very user-unfriendly
• BZ - 2160477 - Backport fixes introduced in PR #25387
• BZ - 2165316 - [spec] - Fix file modes of some %ghost-ed files
• BZ - 2166237 - systemd unmounts some file systems during boot because device is seen as "dead" for a short time
• BZ - 2167468 - systemd: _nss_myhostname_gethostbyname2_r in nss_myhostname returns NSS_STATUS_SUCCESS without any addresses
• BZ - 2169063 - systemd: Failed to set up mount namespacing: File exists when using StateDirectory, LogsDirectory with RootDirectory and DynamicUser=true
• BZ - 2170500 - Update list of RHEL specific network naming schemes - RHEL 9.2.0
• BZ - 2172401 - [RFE]: adjust the log severity of the idle message to an info level when StopIdleSessionSec is configured
• BZ - 2173682 - Backport of upstream patch - journal-file: Fix return value in bump_entry_array() #26567
• BZ - 2173996 - systemd update causes network performance regression
• BZ - 2179165 - In cgroupv1 mode, delegated slices are instantly SIGKILLed on shutdown

CVEs

(none)

References

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