RHBA-2023:2748 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for anaconda is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 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 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
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64

Fixes

• BZ - 1913035 - Only the last created Biosboot partition is visible in custom partitioning
• BZ - 1940919 - parse-kickstart doesn't create expected information for bond ports
• BZ - 1991516 - "filename" DHCP option for anaconda 'inst.ks' not working anymore
• BZ - 2014103 - anaconda writes incorrect yum.conf entry with repo --includepkgs option
• BZ - 2063288 - Make it clear that one device/partition will be created even when multiple disks are selected
• BZ - 2083318 - Delegate auto-attach handling to RHSM
• BZ - 2125270 - anconda: 'DeviceWifi' object has no attribute 'get_carrier' [rhel-8.8.0]
• BZ - 2125679 - [RHEL-8] anaconda provides incorrect hint regarding password for VNC server
• BZ - 2127057 - Anaconda crashes with Segmentation fault after updating cloned connection values (in #012#6 0x00007f05b8178e09 nm_connection_to_dbus (libnm.so.0 + 0xe4e09))
• BZ - 2127072 - [RHEL-8] pyanaconda.modules.common.errors.installation.SubscriptionTokenTransferError: RHSM entitlement keys (from /etc/pki/entitlement) are missing.
• BZ - 2139689 - [anaconda] RHEL 8.8 Tier 0 Localization
• BZ - 2148998 - Underscore present in Spanish translation of 'TIME & DATE'
• BZ - 2157917 - update bootloader/zipl.py for zipl >= 2.25.0

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.8_release_notes/index