Issued:
2021-12-21
Updated:
2021-12-21

RHEA-2021:5239 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Synopsis

cloud-init bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

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Topic

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

Description

The cloud-init packages provide a set of init scripts for cloud instances.
Cloud instances need special scripts to run during initialization to
retrieve and install SSH keys, and to let the user run various scripts.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • cloud-init.service fails to start after package update (BZ#2028738)
  • [RHEL-8] Above 19.2 of cloud-init fails to configure routes when

configuring static and default routes to the same destination IP
(BZ#2028756)

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 8.6 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 8.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
  • 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 8.6 aarch64
  • 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 8.6 x86_64

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8

SRPM
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 5a65dac7cffe984dfe7bc9386d84642805f8d540769fbcd06593369298fa9b70
x86_64
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.noarch.rpm SHA-256: eae1020204e1cddccb3f57d86dc309bc4b0081cb125c96afb09ac334c911e1c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 5a65dac7cffe984dfe7bc9386d84642805f8d540769fbcd06593369298fa9b70
x86_64
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.noarch.rpm SHA-256: eae1020204e1cddccb3f57d86dc309bc4b0081cb125c96afb09ac334c911e1c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6

SRPM
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 5a65dac7cffe984dfe7bc9386d84642805f8d540769fbcd06593369298fa9b70
x86_64
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.noarch.rpm SHA-256: eae1020204e1cddccb3f57d86dc309bc4b0081cb125c96afb09ac334c911e1c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 5a65dac7cffe984dfe7bc9386d84642805f8d540769fbcd06593369298fa9b70
s390x
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.noarch.rpm SHA-256: eae1020204e1cddccb3f57d86dc309bc4b0081cb125c96afb09ac334c911e1c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 5a65dac7cffe984dfe7bc9386d84642805f8d540769fbcd06593369298fa9b70
s390x
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.noarch.rpm SHA-256: eae1020204e1cddccb3f57d86dc309bc4b0081cb125c96afb09ac334c911e1c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 5a65dac7cffe984dfe7bc9386d84642805f8d540769fbcd06593369298fa9b70
ppc64le
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.noarch.rpm SHA-256: eae1020204e1cddccb3f57d86dc309bc4b0081cb125c96afb09ac334c911e1c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 5a65dac7cffe984dfe7bc9386d84642805f8d540769fbcd06593369298fa9b70
ppc64le
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.noarch.rpm SHA-256: eae1020204e1cddccb3f57d86dc309bc4b0081cb125c96afb09ac334c911e1c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6

SRPM
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 5a65dac7cffe984dfe7bc9386d84642805f8d540769fbcd06593369298fa9b70
x86_64
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.noarch.rpm SHA-256: eae1020204e1cddccb3f57d86dc309bc4b0081cb125c96afb09ac334c911e1c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8

SRPM
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 5a65dac7cffe984dfe7bc9386d84642805f8d540769fbcd06593369298fa9b70
aarch64
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.noarch.rpm SHA-256: eae1020204e1cddccb3f57d86dc309bc4b0081cb125c96afb09ac334c911e1c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 5a65dac7cffe984dfe7bc9386d84642805f8d540769fbcd06593369298fa9b70
aarch64
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.noarch.rpm SHA-256: eae1020204e1cddccb3f57d86dc309bc4b0081cb125c96afb09ac334c911e1c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6

SRPM
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 5a65dac7cffe984dfe7bc9386d84642805f8d540769fbcd06593369298fa9b70
ppc64le
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.noarch.rpm SHA-256: eae1020204e1cddccb3f57d86dc309bc4b0081cb125c96afb09ac334c911e1c2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6

SRPM
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: 5a65dac7cffe984dfe7bc9386d84642805f8d540769fbcd06593369298fa9b70
x86_64
cloud-init-21.1-7.el8_5.3.noarch.rpm SHA-256: eae1020204e1cddccb3f57d86dc309bc4b0081cb125c96afb09ac334c911e1c2

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