RHBA-2023:2985 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for systemd 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

Fixes

• BZ - 1861836 - Polyinstantiation is ignored/bypassed in GNOME sessions
• BZ - 1873540 - /var/log stays busy at shutdown due to journald
• BZ - 2029426 - libvirt-guests service gets scattered incomplete log msgs
• BZ - 2043524 - Annoying warning message ".device units cannot be delayed" when using _netdev on a mount point
• BZ - 2053273 - [PATCH] backport - System V Compatbility Shutdown/Reboot Commands Should Honor Inhibitors and Send PrepareForShutdown DBus Signal When Run As Root
• BZ - 2059633 - systemd doesn't record messages to the journal during boot
• BZ - 2117948 - systemd-detect-virt does not detect Amazon nitro/arm servers correctly
• BZ - 2122499 - CI fixes for RHEL-8.8
• BZ - 2127131 - ShutdownWatchdogSec value is not taken into account on reboot
• BZ - 2136738 - Listening socket has incorrect label when SELinuxContextFromNet=yes is set
• BZ - 2136869 - Introduce flag file that records time of the last daemon-reload
• BZ - 2156780 - [RFE]: adjust the log severity of the idle message to an info level when StopIdleSessionSec is configured
• BZ - 2158160 - systemd-sysctl shouldn't log about write errors for keys prefixed with "-"
• BZ - 2158307 - [Azure][RHEL8][ARM64] systemd-detect-virt returns ?none?
• BZ - 2158832 - /etc/systemd/pstore.conf exists but "unit systemd-pstore.service could not be found"
• BZ - 2161683 - journalctl dies with message "Couldn't wait for journal event: Interrupted system call"
• BZ - 2170084 - pam_systemd(sudo:session): Cannot create session: Already running in a session or user slice
• BZ - 2170499 - Update list of RHEL specific network naming schemes - RHEL 8.8.0
• BZ - 2174645 - Failed to start Flush Journal to Persistent Storage (systemd-journal-flush.service)

CVEs

(none)

References

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