RHEA-2022:1985 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

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

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 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 Extension 8.6 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 8.8 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
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
• Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64

Fixes

• BZ - 1753677 - High cpu usage while non-controlled interface is mangling tc filters
• BZ - 1763054 - connection.interface-name problem with type dummy
• BZ - 1852445 - [NMCI] config file specifying VFs number does not work when connection is up
• BZ - 1861527 - Excessive memory and CPU usage on a router with IPv6 BGP feed.
• BZ - 1868254 - [nm-next] refactor NetworkManager's IP configuration done by NMDevice
• BZ - 1870059 - [RFE] show gateway instead of 0.0.0.0/0 in nmcli output
• BZ - 1871950 - cannot set bridge mac-ageing-time to 0
• BZ - 1878166 - SSHFP+DNSSEC not acknowledged by openssh on RHEL8: "Matching host key fingerprint found in DNS."
• BZ - 1897004 - Advertised link modes not show 2500baseT and 5000baseT
• BZ - 1935026 - cannot delete ovs bridge
• BZ - 1937823 - [RFE] support route types "unreachable" and "prohibit" in NetworkManager
• BZ - 1949023 - Conscious language - deprecate "master"/"slave" on bonding and bridge API
• BZ - 1961666 - In dracut allow enough time for DHCP allocation with dual stack, don't get stuck forever on missing IP family
• BZ - 1973536 - MTU got decrease 1 after removal of 802-3-ethernet configuration
• BZ - 1983747 - Wi-Fi in GNOME shell System Menu is showing connected when it is disconnected.
• BZ - 1987286 - [RFE] Use IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS/rtnetlink or fallback to ethtool call for permanent MAC/HW address
• BZ - 1992829 - PKCS module not passing the -login flag while using the smartcard during openssl eap-tls handshake
• BZ - 1996617 - [Rebase] Rebase NetworkManager to last stable release
• BZ - 2001563 - [RFE] rx_queue support for OVS-DPDK configuration
• BZ - 2001851 - Unable to set the MTU for the OVS-DPDK ports
• BZ - 2006370 - [nm-cloud-setup] [AWS] default route inter-feres with other subnets on the VM (making containers unreachable) [rhel-8.6]
• BZ - 2006408 - IPv6 Default gateway deleted from routing table [rhel-8.6]
• BZ - 2006677 - [NMCI] ipv4_dns-search_remove test failure
• BZ - 2010561 - /usr/lib/systemd/system/nm-sudo.service:47: Unknown lvalue 'ProtectClock' in section 'Service'
• BZ - 2010640 - Network route disappears after service restart
• BZ - 2012123 - CS8 - NetworkManager undefined symbol: ifname_valid
• BZ - 2013266 - [NMCI] [abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: _g_log_abort(): vlan_ipv4_ipv6_restart_persistence killed by 5
• BZ - 2013587 - [RFE] Add blackhole routing as a supported routing type in NetworkManager
• BZ - 2016348 - [NMCI] nmcli_ethernet_wol_from_file_to_default test broken
• BZ - 2022275 - [NMCI] NM_reboot_openvswitch_vlan_configuration failure
• BZ - 2026288 - [NMCI] [abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: raise(): /usr/sbin/NetworkManager killed by 6
• BZ - 2027267 - NetworkManager-1.34.0-0.3 not renewing DHCPv6 leases when using internal DHCP client
• BZ - 2027490 - firewalld upstream test rhbz1928860.at fails with "INVALID_INTERFACE: ovs-interface-port"
• BZ - 2028385 - [NMCI] [abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: unknown function(): gsm_sim_create_default_connection killed by 5
• BZ - 2028404 - [NMCI] [abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: raise(): nmtui_vlan_deactivate_connection_wo_autoconnect killed by 6
• BZ - 2028427 - [NMCI] [abrt] [faf] NetworkManager: raise(): gsm_sim_create_default_connection killed by 6
• BZ - 2028751 - The ipv4.dad-timeout parameter in NetworkManager is invalid for bonding device.
• BZ - 2028849 - [NMCI] vlan_create_500_vlans test failure
• BZ - 2035519 - Re-attach unmanaged ports to bridge controller after rollback
• BZ - 2037411 - nmstatectl removes routes of unmanaged interfaces (NM process hanging/blocked?)
• BZ - 2039331 - libnm: dangling pointer while destroying NMClient (or removing object from D-Bus) can lead to crash
• BZ - 2040683 - Configure route-table and reapply take effect immediately
• BZ - 2043514 - [NMCI] nmcli_general_activate_static_connection_carrier_not_ignored test failure
• BZ - 2052465 - [NMCI] ovs_mtu test fail
• BZ - 2053603 - [NMCI] inf_create_port_novice_mode test fail
• BZ - 2059138 - No DNS configured on WWAN modem connections
• BZ - 2059673 - NetworkManager DHCP client does not work maybe due to received NAKs

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.6_release_notes/index