initscripts 9.03.58-1.el6 break gre interfaces

Solution Verified - Updated 2018-09-05T12:01:48+00:00 -

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Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.9
• initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6

Issue

After update to initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6 gre interfaces does not start at system reboot.

When downgraded initscripts to 9.03.53-1.el6_8.2 the issue does not manifest.

Resolution

Please update to initscripts-9.03.58-1.el6_9.1 shipped with Advisory RHBA-2017:1373 or newer.

Root Cause

After upgrading to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9, some General Routing Encapsulation (GRE) network interfaces were not started properly by initscripts. Update RHBA-2017:1373 ensures that all GRE interfaces now start correctly.

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