RHEA-2021:1827 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An update for cloud-init is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.4 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 x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1857309 - [Azure][RHEL 8] cloud-init Permission denied with the use of mount option noexec
• BZ - 1859695 - [Cloud-init] DHCPv6 assigned address is not added to VM's interface
• BZ - 1881462 - [rhel8][cloud-init] ifup bond0.504 Error: Connection activation failed: No suitable device found for this connection
• BZ - 1881871 - Remove net-tools legacy dependency from spec file
• BZ - 1885185 - [RHEL-8.4.0] cloud-init rebase to 20.3
• BZ - 1886430 - Support for cloud-init config modules for PowerVM Hypervisor in Red Hat cloud-init
• BZ - 1889635 - [RHEL-8.4.0] Add support for ipv6_autoconf on cloud-init-20.3
• BZ - 1891409 - "required for gating" tag is missing on Azure/AWS/ESXi cloud-init gating test results
• BZ - 1897528 - Change permission on ./systemd/cloud-init-generator.tmpl to 755 instead of 771
• BZ - 1898943 - [rhel-8]cloud-final.service fails if NetworkManager not installed.
• BZ - 1898949 - cloud-init should report full specific full version with "cloud-init --version"
• BZ - 1913127 - A typo in cloud-init man page

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.4_release_notes/index