- Issued:
- 2018-05-14
- Updated:
- 2018-05-14
RHBA-2018:1406 - NetworkManager bug fix update
Synopsis
NetworkManager bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory None
Topic
Updated NetworkManager packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
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:
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Due to a bug in the NetworkManager service, a restart of NetworkManager stopped the teamd daemon without restarting it. As a consequence, team connections did not operate correctly after the service restart. This bug has been fixed, and NetworkManager now generates a new teamd instance when the service is restarted. (BZ#1569924)
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Previously, NetworkManager failed to automatically activate child connections when the parent device was not managed by NetworkManager yet. As a result, VLAN or other connection type were not correctly activated at boot time. This bug has been fixed, and child connections now are activated as soon as the parent connection becomes available. (BZ#1570521)
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Due to a bug, NetworkManager did not correctly connect all slaves when the master connection was activated and the autoconnect-slaves option was set. This bug has been fixed, and slaves connections now are always activated if autoconnect-slaves is set. (BZ#1570522)
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.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 7.7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 7.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 7.7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 7.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 7.5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing | 7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian | 7 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support | 7.7 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support | 7.6 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support | 7.5 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 7 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 7.7 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 7.6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 7.5 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 | 7 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 7 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 7.7 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 7.6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 7.5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) | 7 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 | 7 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 7.7 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 7.6 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS | 7.7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS | 7.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian | 7 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian | 7 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) | 7 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 7.7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 7.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node | 7.7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node | 7.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node | 7.5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 7 | x86_64 |
Updated Packages
- NetworkManager-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-dispatcher-routing-rules-1.10.2-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm
- NetworkManager-wifi-1.10.2-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-wwan-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-1.10.2-14.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-wwan-1.10.2-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.10.2-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-ppp-1.10.2-14.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-ppp-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-1.10.2-14.el7_5.i686.rpm
- NetworkManager-ovs-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.10.2-14.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-tui-1.10.2-14.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-1.10.2-14.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390.rpm
- NetworkManager-1.10.2-14.el7_5.src.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390.rpm
- NetworkManager-team-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-team-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-ovs-1.10.2-14.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-wifi-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390.rpm
- NetworkManager-ovs-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-adsl-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.10.2-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.10.2-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc.rpm
- NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.10.2-14.el7_5.i686.rpm
- NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.10.2-14.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.10.2-14.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-1.10.2-14.el7_5.i686.rpm
- NetworkManager-adsl-1.10.2-14.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc.rpm
- NetworkManager-1.10.2-14.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-adsl-1.10.2-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-1.10.2-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-ppp-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-ppp-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-team-1.10.2-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-wifi-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-1.10.2-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-wwan-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.10.2-14.el7_5.i686.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.10.2-14.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-team-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-tui-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-wifi-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-config-server-1.10.2-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm
- NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc.rpm
- NetworkManager-tui-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-team-1.10.2-14.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-ovs-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-tui-1.10.2-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-wwan-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.10.2-14.el7_5.i686.rpm
- NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-wwan-1.10.2-14.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-adsl-1.10.2-14.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.10.2-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-tui-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-wifi-1.10.2-14.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-adsl-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-ppp-1.10.2-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-1.10.2-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.10.2-14.el7_5.ppc.rpm
- NetworkManager-ovs-1.10.2-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
(none)
References
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Additional information
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