RHEA-2021:4388 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An update for sos is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.5 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 Extension 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 Extension 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 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 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 Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 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 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 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

Fixes

• BZ - 1665947 - RHUI plugin has hardcoded python binary
• BZ - 1886711 - [RFE] Enhance SOS report with tc and hw-offload information
• BZ - 1892694 - sosreport is not redacting all the password type data from the conf files of rabbitmq
• BZ - 1893517 - formatting issues when invalid option value provided to sosreport
• BZ - 1906337 - "sos collect --help" should warn it is unavailable when python3-pyexpect package missing
• BZ - 1919277 - RFE - Request to grab /etc/dasd.conf by default
• BZ - 1921496 - To collect "rpm --showrc" command output in the "sos_commands/rpm/rpm_--showrc" file inside sosreport data.
• BZ - 1923938 - sos.log prints effective options that are not valid cmdline options
• BZ - 1928679 - [rebase] rebase sos to 4.1
• BZ - 1929267 - cleaner - default hostname not obfuscated unless host plugin ran
• BZ - 1930181 - collect --clean does not work reliably
• BZ - 1935603 - Consistent "SEE ALSO" references in sos man pages
• BZ - 1937418 - [RFE] sosreport - ability to set command timeout
• BZ - 1939963 - [RFE] Add gathering cups-browsed logs
• BZ - 1940502 - collect SSSD memory cache and individual log files
• BZ - 1956673 - Add pulpcore plugin to RHEL8.5
• BZ - 1959413 - saphana plugin missing argument traceback
• BZ - 1959598 - [RHEL 8.5] sosreport needs to collect data about conversions and upgrades
• BZ - 1964499 - Clean doesnt obfuscate FQDNs from dnf.log and yum_-C_repolist_--verbose
• BZ - 1965001 - Fix possible AVC denial when copystat-ing some /proc/sys/vm/ files
• BZ - 1967613 - sosreport is not capturing /etc/sssd/sssd.conf
• BZ - 1973675 - HF request to backport upstream PRs 2524,2544,2562,2585 into sos 4.0
• BZ - 1985037 - Clean - allow obfuscation of Active Directory user names.

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.5_release_notes/index