RHBA-2023:6957 - 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 8.9 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 IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• 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

Fixes

• BZ - 1770969 - OEMDRV not being detected on USB devices
• BZ - 1855371 - Unable to reclaim disk space if package selection is bigger than disk space
• BZ - 1886985 - during kickstart using liveimg with a self-signed certificate fails with certificate verify failed even when using --noverifyssl
• BZ - 2154904 - Better debugging for DUD
• BZ - 2209602 - [RHEL8.9] Failed to launch the installer with "inst.ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg inst.repo=cdrom"
• BZ - 2211857 - Kickstart on partition reports error: "unknown network kickstart URL: hd:disk/by-uuid/..."
• BZ - 2214990 - The 'Begin Installation' text on installation symmary page should be should be translated to '?????????'
• BZ - 2215000 - [ja_JP] - Need to update a string translation on the Anaconda user creation screen
• BZ - 2223980 - [RHEL-8] Can't change iSCSI Initiator Name once "Start Discovery" has been hit once (anaconda part)

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.9_release_notes/index