RHBA-2025:20920 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for nmstate is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Description

Nmstate is a library with an accompanying command line tool that manages host networking settings in a declarative manner and aimed to satisfy enterprise needs to manage host networking through a northbound declarative API and multi provider support on the southbound.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• [FR] Request to Add Support for Sending Left Certificate(leftsendcert) in X.509-Based VPN Authentication [rhel-9.7.z] (JIRA:RHEL-110634)
• [RFE] Add alt-names to network interfaces [rhel-9.7.z] (JIRA:RHEL-110778)
• Support per-interface IPv4 forwarding via sysctl in nmstate [rhel-9.7.z] (JIRA:RHEL-110787)
• nmstate fails in systems with NetworkManager-wait-online timeout [rhel-9.7.z] (JIRA:RHEL-116450)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 9 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 9 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 9 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 9 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 9 s390x

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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