- Issued:
- 2018-06-26
- Updated:
- 2018-06-26
RHBA-2018:2000 - 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 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:
-
Due to a bug, the NetworkManager service failed in certain cases to apply static IPv6 addresses on a network bridge configured for both static and automatic IPv6 addressing. This bug has been fixed, and as a result, the static IPv6 addresses now are always applied. (BZ#1578430)
-
Previously, when trying to apply changes which modify certain connection settings, such as the auto-connect setting, to an active connection caused an invalid memory handling. As a consequence, the NetworkManager service terminated unexpectedly. This bug has been fixed, and NetworkManager no longer crashes in the mentioned scenario. (BZ#1591780)
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-adsl-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.10.2-16.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-ppp-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-team-1.10.2-16.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-config-server-1.10.2-16.el7_5.noarch.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.10.2-16.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-1.10.2-16.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-team-1.10.2-16.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-tui-1.10.2-16.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc.rpm
- NetworkManager-ovs-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-ovs-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-tui-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-1.10.2-16.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-team-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-wifi-1.10.2-16.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-1.10.2-16.el7_5.i686.rpm
- NetworkManager-wifi-1.10.2-16.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-ppp-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-ppp-1.10.2-16.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-tui-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-wwan-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-wifi-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-wwan-1.10.2-16.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc.rpm
- NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.10.2-16.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-ovs-1.10.2-16.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-adsl-1.10.2-16.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-ppp-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390.rpm
- NetworkManager-1.10.2-16.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.10.2-16.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-adsl-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.10.2-16.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.10.2-16.el7_5.i686.rpm
- NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-tui-1.10.2-16.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.10.2-16.el7_5.i686.rpm
- NetworkManager-wifi-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-wwan-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.10.2-16.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-1.10.2-16.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-team-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-1.10.2-16.el7_5.src.rpm
- NetworkManager-wwan-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.10.2-16.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-tui-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-adsl-1.10.2-16.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390.rpm
- NetworkManager-adsl-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-1.10.2-16.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-1.10.2-16.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc.rpm
- NetworkManager-wifi-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.10.2-16.el7_5.i686.rpm
- NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-ovs-1.10.2-16.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-dispatcher-routing-rules-1.10.2-16.el7_5.noarch.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.10.2-16.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-wwan-1.10.2-16.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
- NetworkManager-ovs-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-team-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-devel-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
- NetworkManager-glib-1.10.2-16.el7_5.i686.rpm
- NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.10.2-16.el7_5.s390x.rpm
- NetworkManager-ppp-1.10.2-16.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
- NetworkManager-debuginfo-1.10.2-16.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
(none)
References
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