RHBA-2023:3992 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for ovn22.12 is now available in Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

OVN, the Open Virtual Network, is a system to support virtual network abstraction. OVN complements the existing capabilities of OVS to add native support for virtual network abstractions, such as virtual L2 and L3 overlays and security groups.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• Mirror doesn't work when remote is ipv6. (BZ#2168119)
• The ovn-controller daemon thinks SB is read-only when it is not. (BZ#2196414)
• ovn-northd: Address set sync from NB DB to SB DB is not working when address has a prefix (BZ#2196885)
• Localnet port traffic is not load balanced on the localnet switch. (BZ#2208733)
• ovn-controller forgets to install flows upon OFPBFC_TIMEOUT (BZ#2211295)
• stateless traffic is sent to conntrack when LB is present (BZ#2215137)
• [OVN] Wrong log message "|WARN|handle service check: Unsupported protocol - [11]" for udp load_balancer healthe check (BZ#2216312)

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 Fast Datapath 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath (for RHEL Server for IBM Power LE) 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath (for IBM z Systems) 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath (for RHEL for ARM 64) 8 aarch64

Fixes

• BZ - 2168119 - mirror doesn't work when remote is ipv6
• BZ - 2196414 - ovn-controller thinks SB is read-only when it's not
• BZ - 2196885 - ovn-northd: Address set sync from NB DB to SB DB is not working when address has a prefix
• BZ - 2208733 - Localnet port traffic is not load balanced on the localnet switch.
• BZ - 2211295 - ovn-controller forgets to install flows upon OFPBFC_TIMEOUT
• BZ - 2215137 - stateless traffic is sent to conntrack when LB is present
• BZ - 2216312 - [OVN] Wrong log message "|WARN|handle service check: Unsupported protocol - [11]" for udp load_balancer healthe check

CVEs

(none)

References

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