RHBA-2023:7087 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for dracut 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

Fixes

• BZ - 1952400 - During install boot dracut throws warnings of "ignored null byte in input"
• BZ - 1968118 - Dell iDrac network interface (cdc_ether driver) has no ID_NET_NAME_FROM_DATABASE, causing the interface to show as enp... while installing the system
• BZ - 2148318 - dracut kernel-network-modules: allow specifying empty --hostonly-nics
• BZ - 2181543 - [RHEL8] dracut should update rngd initramfs service file
• BZ - 2228422 - include the virtio_mem kernel module

CVEs

(none)

References

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