A systemd bug fix and enhancement update has been released for Oracle Linux 7.

El-errata: ELBA-2020-1207 Oracle Linux 7 systemd bug fix and enhancement update

Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2020-1207

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2020-1207.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the
Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
libgudev1-219-73.0.1.el7_8.5.i686.rpm
libgudev1-219-73.0.1.el7_8.5.x86_64.rpm
libgudev1-devel-219-73.0.1.el7_8.5.i686.rpm
libgudev1-devel-219-73.0.1.el7_8.5.x86_64.rpm
systemd-219-73.0.1.el7_8.5.x86_64.rpm
systemd-devel-219-73.0.1.el7_8.5.i686.rpm
systemd-devel-219-73.0.1.el7_8.5.x86_64.rpm
systemd-journal-gateway-219-73.0.1.el7_8.5.x86_64.rpm
systemd-libs-219-73.0.1.el7_8.5.i686.rpm
systemd-libs-219-73.0.1.el7_8.5.x86_64.rpm
systemd-networkd-219-73.0.1.el7_8.5.x86_64.rpm
systemd-python-219-73.0.1.el7_8.5.x86_64.rpm
systemd-resolved-219-73.0.1.el7_8.5.i686.rpm
systemd-resolved-219-73.0.1.el7_8.5.x86_64.rpm
systemd-sysv-219-73.0.1.el7_8.5.x86_64.rpm

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol7/SRPMS-updates/systemd-219-73.0.1.el7_8.5.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[219-73.5.0.1]
- enable and start the pstore service [Orabug: 30950903]
- fix to generate the systemd-pstore.service file [Orabug: 30235241]
- Backport upstream patches for the new systemd-pstore tool [Orabug:
30235241]
- do not create utmp update symlinks for reboot and poweroff [Orabug:
27854896]
- OL7 udev rule for virtio net standby interface [Orabug: 28826743]
- fix _netdev is missing for iscsi entry in /etc/fstab [Orabug:
25897792] (tony.l.lam@oracle.com)
- set "RemoveIPC=no" in logind.conf as default for OL7.2 [22224874]
- allow dm remove ioctl to co-operate with UEK3 (Vaughan Cao) [Orabug:
18467469]
- add hv dynamic memory support (Jerry Snitselaar) [Orabug: 18621475]

[219-73.5]
- core: enforce a ratelimiter when stopping units due to
StopWhenUnneeded=1 (#1810576)
- core: rework StopWhenUnneeded= logic (#1810576)
- fix the fix for #1691511 (#1809159)

[219-73.4]
- mount: don't propagate errors from mount_setup_unit() further up
(#1809159)
- mount: when allocating a Mount object based on /proc/self/mountinfo
mark it so (#1809159)

[219-73.3]
- journal: do not trigger assertion when journal_file_close() get NULL
(#1807798)

[219-73.2]
- core: when restarting services, don't close fds (#1803802)
- unit: rework a bit how we keep the service fdstore from being
destroyed during service restart (#1803802)
- tests: add basic journal test (#1803802)
- tests: add regression test for `systemctl restart systemd-journald`
(#1803802)
- tests: add test that journald keeps fds over termination by signal
(#1803802)