A NetworkManager bug fix and enhancement update has been released for Oracle Linux 8.

El-errata: ELBA-2022-7828 Oracle Linux 8 NetworkManager bug fix and enhancement update

Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2022-7828

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2022-7828.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
NetworkManager-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
NetworkManager-adsl-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
NetworkManager-cloud-setup-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
NetworkManager-config-connectivity-oracle-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.noarch.rpm
NetworkManager-config-server-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.noarch.rpm
NetworkManager-dispatcher-routing-rules-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.noarch.rpm
NetworkManager-initscripts-updown-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.noarch.rpm
NetworkManager-libnm-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.i686.rpm
NetworkManager-libnm-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
NetworkManager-ovs-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
NetworkManager-ppp-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
NetworkManager-team-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
NetworkManager-tui-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
NetworkManager-wifi-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
NetworkManager-wwan-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm
NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.i686.rpm
NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
NetworkManager-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
NetworkManager-adsl-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
NetworkManager-bluetooth-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
NetworkManager-cloud-setup-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
NetworkManager-config-connectivity-oracle-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.noarch.rpm
NetworkManager-config-server-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.noarch.rpm
NetworkManager-dispatcher-routing-rules-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.noarch.rpm
NetworkManager-initscripts-updown-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.noarch.rpm
NetworkManager-libnm-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
NetworkManager-ovs-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
NetworkManager-ppp-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
NetworkManager-team-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
NetworkManager-tui-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
NetworkManager-wifi-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
NetworkManager-wwan-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm
NetworkManager-libnm-devel-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.aarch64.rpm

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/NetworkManager-1.40.0-2.0.1.el8_7.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[1.40.0-2.0.1]
- Disable regeneration of the documentation [Orabug: 34712048]
- add connectivity check via Oracle servers [Orabug: 32051972]
- Disable the build of NetworkManager-config-connectivity-* subpackage for 8.3

[1:1.40.0-2]
- Don't restart DHCP when MAC changes, to avoid that the IP changes (rh #2124443)

[1:1.40.0-1]
- Update to 1.40.0 release

[1:1.39.90-1]
- Update to 1.39.90 release (release candidate)
- bridge: fix reapply of non-bridge properties (rh #2092762)
- bridge: fix wired.mtu reapply (rh #2076131)

[1:1.39.12-1]
- Update to 1.39.12 release (development)
- bridge: fix reapply support (rh #2092762)

[1:1.39.11-1]
- Update to 1.39.11 release (development)
- dhcp: fix EXTENDED DHCP event to accept lease for dhclient plugin (rh #2109285)
- ovs: honor unmanaged setting also for interfaces that fail (rh #2077950)

[1:1.39.10-1]
- Update to 1.39.10 release (development)
- initrd: set a default carrier timeout of 10 seconds in initrd (rh #2079277)
- dhcp: wait DAD completion for DHCPv6 addresses (rh #2096386)
- libnm: support wait-activation-delay property (rh #2008337)
- veth: fix veth activation on booting (rh #2105956)
- support a ipv6.addr-gen-mode knob in the global config (rh #208268)

[1:1.39.8-1]
- Update to 1.39.8 release (development)
- core: make ipv6.addr-gen-mode default configurable (rh #1743161) (rh #2082682)
- dhcpv6: finish DAD before considering a lease to be good (rh #2096386)
- core: add connection.wait-activation-delay property (rh #2008337)

[1:1.39.7-2]
- fix priority of IPv6 addresses to prefer manual over DHCPv6 over SLAAC (rh #2097270)

[1:1.39.7-1]
- Update to 1.39.7 release (development)
- core: cancel the IP check on deactivation (rh #2080928)
- core: ensure DHCP is restarted every time the link goes up (rh #2079406)
- core: fix a leak of L3 configuration memory (rh #2083453)
- ppp: fix a race with pppd when removing addresses (rh #2085382)
- wifi: fix a crash when checking WEP supplicant capability (rh #2092782)

[1:1.39.6-1]
- Update to 1.39.6 release (development)
- Implement ACD (address conflict detection) for DHCPv4 (rh #1713380)

[1:1.39.5-1]
- Update to 1.39.5 release (development)
- device: commit l3cfg on link change only when the device is activating (rh #2079054)
- l3cfg: during reapply, also clear IPv6 temporary addresses (rh #2082230)
- dhcp: support overlong DHCP host names (rh #2033643)
- cloud-setup: reorder addresses to honor "primary_ip_address" (rh #2082000)

[1:1.39.3-1]
- Update to 1.39.3 release (development)
- dhcp: save leases in /run (rh #1943153)
- ovs: use asynchronous attach-port (rh #2052441)
- device: set MTU after attaching bond port (rh #2071985)
- l3cfg: drop NM_L3_CFG_COMMIT_TYPE_ASSUME and assume_config_once (rh #2077605)

[1:1.39.2-2]
- generate docs during build instead of using pre-generated (2) (rh #1995915)

[1:1.39.2-1]
- Update to 1.39.2 release (development)
- dhcp: set "src" attribute for DHCP routes (rh #1995372)
- dhcp: drop internal DHCPv4 client based on systemd code (rh #2073067)
- core: delay startup complete for DNS update (rh #2049421)
- nmcli: support offline mode to create and edit keyfiles (rh #1361145)

[1:1.39.0-1]
- Update to 1.39.0 release (development)
- ovs, dpdk: fix creating ovs-interface when the ovs-bridge is netdev
(rh #2001792)

[1:1.37.3-1]
- Upgrade to 1.37.3 release (development)
- core: allow reapply on autoconnect-slaves property change (rh #2065049)
- wifi: do not advertise channels outside regulatory domain (rh #2062785)
- wifi: warn about WEP being phased out (rh #2030997)
- bond: reject reapply when fail_over_mac was changed (rh #2003214)

[1:1.37.2-1]
- Upgrade to 1.37.2 release (development)
- core: preserve external ports during checkpoint rollback (rh #2035519)
- core: fix ovs bridge deletion (rh #1935026)
- core: shorten hostname when too long (rh #2033643)
- nm-online: bump the timeout upper limit to 2073600 seconds (rh #2025617)
- cloud-setup: fix crash when handling sigterm (rh #2027674)

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