Recommended update for wicked

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2022:0315-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that contains one feature and has 19 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for wicked fixes the following issues:

  • Fix device rename issue when done via Yast2 (bsc#1194392)
  • Prepare RPM packaging for migration of dbus configuration files from /etc to /usr, however this change does not affect SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (bsc#1183407,jsc#SLE-9750)
  • Prepare RPM packaging for merging of /bin and /usr/bin directories, however this merge does not affect SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (bsc#1029961)
  • Parse sysctl files in the correct order (bsc#1181186)
  • Fix sysctl values for loopback device (bsc#1181163, bsc#1178357)
  • Add option for dhcp4 to set route pref-src to dhcp IP (bsc#1192353)
  • Cleanup warnings, time calculations and add dhcp fixes to reduce resource usage (bsc#1188019)
  • Avoid sysfs attribute read error when the kernel has already deleted the TUN/TAP interface (bsc#1192311)
  • Fix warning in ifstatus about unexpected interface flag combination (bsc#1192164)
  • Fix ifstatus not to show link as "up" when interface is not running
  • Make firewalld zone assignment permanent (bsc#1189560)
  • Cleanup and improve ifconfig and ifpolicy access utilities
  • Initial fixes for dracut integration and improved option handling (bsc#1182227)
  • Fix nanny to identify node owner exit condition
  • Using wicked without nanny is no longer supported and use-nanny=false configuration option was removed
  • Add ethtool --get-permanent-address option in the client
  • Fix ifup to refresh link state of network interface after being unenslaved from an unconfigured master (bsc#954329)
  • Prevent re-trigger Duplicate Address Detection on address updates when is not needed (bsc#1177215)
  • Fix Network Information Service configuration (bsc#1181812)
  • Reconnect on unexpected wpa_supplicant restart (bsc#1183495)
  • Migrate wireless to wpa-supplicant v1 DBus interface (bsc#1156920)
  • Support multiple wireless networks configurations per interface
  • Show wireless connection status and scan-results (bsc#1160654)
  • Fix eap-tls,ttls cetificate handling and fix open vs. shared wep,open,psk,eap-tls,ttls,peap parsing from ifcfg (bsc#1057592)
  • Updated man ifcfg-wireless manual pages

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-315=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-315=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2022-315=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • wicked-debuginfo-0.6.68-3.16.1
    • wicked-service-0.6.68-3.16.1
    • wicked-debugsource-0.6.68-3.16.1
    • wicked-0.6.68-3.16.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • wicked-debuginfo-0.6.68-3.16.1
    • wicked-service-0.6.68-3.16.1
    • wicked-debugsource-0.6.68-3.16.1
    • wicked-0.6.68-3.16.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • wicked-debuginfo-0.6.68-3.16.1
    • wicked-0.6.68-3.16.1
    • wicked-debugsource-0.6.68-3.16.1
    • wicked-service-0.6.68-3.16.1

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