Issued:
2019-08-06
Updated:
2019-08-06

RHBA-2019:2291 - biosdevname bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

biosdevname bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

An update for biosdevname is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The biosdevname packages contain an optional convention for naming network interfaces, which assigns names to network interfaces based on their physical location. The biosdevname utility is disabled by default, except for a limited set of Dell PowerEdge, C Series, and Precision Workstation systems.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of biosdevname are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop7x86_64

Updated Packages

  • biosdevname-0.7.3-2.el7.src.rpm
  • biosdevname-0.7.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
  • biosdevname-debuginfo-0.7.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

Additional information