Issued:
2014-10-13
Updated:
2014-10-13

RHBA-2014:1413 - NetworkManager bug fix update

Synopsis

NetworkManager bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated NetworkManager packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

NetworkManager is a system network service that manages network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. Its capabilities include managing Ethernet, wireless, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, as well as providing VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • When the machine suspended, the NetworkManager daemon deactivated all network devices on that machine. Consequently, the Wake-on-LAN clients did not work because this network device was powered down, and thus could not receive the Magic Packet. With this update, NetworkManager leaves devices running at suspend time if they have the Wake-on-LAN or Wake-on-Wireless-LAN variable enabled, and Wake-on-LAN works as intended if the administrator enables it. (BZ#1025009)

  • Previously, NetworkManager used the kernel's Point-to-point protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) driver, which did not inform userland when it received a PPPoE Active Discovery Terminate (PADT) frame. As a consequence, when connecting to certain digital subscriber line (DSL) providers, the NetworkManager daemon failed to notice whether the connection was dropped. With this update, NetworkManager uses a userland PPPoE driver rather than the kernel driver, and dropped DSL connections are now noticed for all providers. (BZ#1034860)

  • NetworkManager automatically provides an autoconnect for interfaces. Previously, when this connection was altered and saved, NetworkManager terminated unexpectedly. The write_ip4_setting() function has been updated to fix this bug, and NetworkManager no longer crashes after saving altered configuration. (BZ#1113996)

Users of NetworkManager are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.8.1-75.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • NetworkManager-glib-0.8.1-75.el6.ppc.rpm
  • NetworkManager-devel-0.8.1-75.el6.s390x.rpm
  • NetworkManager-devel-0.8.1-75.el6.i686.rpm
  • NetworkManager-0.8.1-75.el6.src.rpm
  • NetworkManager-glib-0.8.1-75.el6.i686.rpm
  • NetworkManager-0.8.1-75.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.8.1-75.el6.s390.rpm
  • NetworkManager-debuginfo-0.8.1-75.el6.s390.rpm
  • NetworkManager-0.8.1-75.el6.s390x.rpm
  • NetworkManager-gnome-0.8.1-75.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • NetworkManager-debuginfo-0.8.1-75.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.8.1-75.el6.i686.rpm
  • NetworkManager-debuginfo-0.8.1-75.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • NetworkManager-glib-0.8.1-75.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • NetworkManager-debuginfo-0.8.1-75.el6.i686.rpm
  • NetworkManager-devel-0.8.1-75.el6.ppc.rpm
  • NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.8.1-75.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • NetworkManager-glib-0.8.1-75.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • NetworkManager-debuginfo-0.8.1-75.el6.s390x.rpm
  • NetworkManager-gnome-0.8.1-75.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • NetworkManager-devel-0.8.1-75.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • NetworkManager-gnome-0.8.1-75.el6.s390x.rpm
  • NetworkManager-0.8.1-75.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.8.1-75.el6.s390x.rpm
  • NetworkManager-0.8.1-75.el6.i686.rpm
  • NetworkManager-gnome-0.8.1-75.el6.i686.rpm
  • NetworkManager-devel-0.8.1-75.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • NetworkManager-glib-devel-0.8.1-75.el6.ppc.rpm
  • NetworkManager-glib-0.8.1-75.el6.s390x.rpm
  • NetworkManager-glib-0.8.1-75.el6.s390.rpm
  • NetworkManager-devel-0.8.1-75.el6.s390.rpm
  • NetworkManager-debuginfo-0.8.1-75.el6.ppc.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information