Issued:
2019-05-08
Updated:
2019-05-08

RHBA-2019:1102 - openvswitch bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

openvswitch bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

Updated openvswitch packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available.

Description

The Open vSwitch suite provides standard network bridging functions and support for the OpenFlow protocol for remote per-flow control of traffic. The openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy package adds an SELinux policy that enables the Open vSwitch suite of utilities to function with SELinux in enforcing mode.

Changes to the openvswitch component:

  • The current version includes the openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy package. This shipped previously as part of the multi-product mappings described in https://errata.devel.redhat.com/errata/content/34068. (BZ#1579536)

All users who require openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy are advised to install this new package.

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/2974891

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Virtualization Manager4.3x86_64

Updated Packages

  • openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy-1.0-8.el7fdp.noarch.rpm
  • openvswitch-selinux-extra-policy-1.0-8.el7fdp.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information