RHBA-2023:5818 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for openvswitch3.1 is now available in Fast Datapath for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Description

Open vSwitch provides standard network bridging functions and support for the OpenFlow protocol for remote per-flow control of traffic.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• OVS Mirror doesn't work as expected when both select-dst-port and select-src-port are selected. (BZ#2224670)
• OvS is not able to clear SCTP CT entries based on source/destination port. (BZ#2228037)
• openvswitch coredump when work with ovn-2021-21.12.0-82.el8 (BZ#2230759)
• NXT_RESUME packet is dropped with error: received packet on unassociated datapath port 4294967295. (BZ#2237815)
• OVS MAC tables on client OVS DPDK not updating correctly upon F5 virtual Load Balancers HA switchover. (BZ#2237816)
• [23.H RHEL-9] Fast Datapath Release (BZ#2239007)

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 9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath (for RHEL Server for IBM Power LE) 9 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath (for IBM z Systems) 9 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Fast Datapath (for RHEL for ARM 64) 9 aarch64

Fixes

• BZ - 2224670 - OVS Mirror doesn't work as expected when both select-dst-port and select-src-port are selected
• BZ - 2228037 - OvS is not able to clear SCTP CT entries based on source/destination port
• BZ - 2230759 - openvswitch coredump when work with ovn-2021-21.12.0-82.el8
• BZ - 2237815 - NXT_RESUME packet is dropped with error: received packet on unassociated datapath port 4294967295
• BZ - 2237816 - OVS MAC tables on client OVS DPDK not updating correctly upon F5 virtual Load Balancers HA switchover
• BZ - 2239007 - [23.H RHEL-9] Fast Datapath Release

CVEs

(none)

References

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