Unable to start vxlan configuration with wicked using ifup

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 4

Situation

When trying to start a vxlan configuration using ifup, the following errors are seen:

localhost:~ # ifup vxlan0
vxlan0          no-device

localhost:~ # systemctl status wickedd.service 
● wickedd.service - wicked network management service daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/wickedd.service; indirect; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2024-02-08 15:51:59 PST; 7h ago
   Main PID: 886 (wickedd)
      Tasks: 1
     CGroup: /system.slice/wickedd.service
             └─ 886 /usr/sbin/wickedd --systemd --foreground

Feb 08 15:51:59 localhost systemd[1]: Starting wicked network management service daemon...
Feb 08 15:51:59 localhost systemd[1]: Started wicked network management service daemon.
Feb 08 22:54:07 localhost wickedd[886]: vxlan0: unable to format vxlan netlink attr (null)
Feb 08 22:54:07 localhost wickedd[886]: failed to encode netlink message to create vxlan0
Feb 08 22:54:07 localhost wickedd[886]: vxlan0: unable to create vxlan interface

Resolution

For SLES15 SP5, this is fixed in a maintenance release:

wicked-0.6.74-150500.3.15.1.x86_64

Changelog contains: + vxlan: don't format unknown rtnl attrs (bsc#1219751)

For SLES15 SP4, a patch has been created by engineering which provides a resolution.

If there is a future maintenance release containing the SLES15 SP4 patch, this document will be updated to reflect that information.

Cause

This is due to a bug.

Additional Information

A support contract is required in order to request a copy of the SLES15 SP4 patch.

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