RHEA-2022:1998 - 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 8.6 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 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 - 1998133 - [rebase] rebase sos to 4.2
• BZ - 1998433 - plugin:omnipath_client runs `depmod -a` which changes some files under /usr/lib/modules/$kernel
• BZ - 1998521 - sosreport can hang with a relative symlink loop
• BZ - 2004929 - RFE request SOS collect sufficient information for offline analysis
• BZ - 2005195 - running sosreport creates iptables built-in tables in nftables
• BZ - 2011332 - sosreport should use new Red Hat Secure FTP instead of dropbox for attachments
• BZ - 2011506 - [REF] Collect Puma Status Data for Satellite6.10
• BZ - 2012856 - sos report --dry-run raises uncaught exception
• BZ - 2012857 - unhandled exception when plugin timeout happens during logging a collected file
• BZ - 2020777 - plugin option networking.namespace_pattern stopped working
• BZ - 2025610 - Reflect RHST API changes in sos upload
• BZ - 2030741 - Please also collect /var/log/rhui/ in the RHUI plugin
• BZ - 2041488 - virsh command timeouts cause sos report to take over 25 minutes
• BZ - 2042966 - sos report not collecting ovn db from controllers
• BZ - 2043102 - foreman plugin to collect decoded dynflow data for dynflow>1.6
• BZ - 2054882 - sos report forgets to write --plugopts from /etc/sos/sos.conf to sos.log
• BZ - 2055547 - sos report does not honor plugin's default plugin_timeout

CVEs

(none)

References

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