- Issued:
- 2016-12-07
- Updated:
- 2016-12-07
RHEA-2016:2922 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
Windows Azure Linux Agent (WALinuxAgent) bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated Windows Azure Linux Agent package is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 Extras.
Description
The Windows Azure Linux Agent supports the provisioning and running of Linux
virtual machines in the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud.
The Windows Azure Linux Agent (WALinuxAgent) package has been upgraded to
upstream version 2.2.0, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#1387784)
This update also fixes the following bug:
- Previously, two waagent daemon processes still persisted after upgrading the WALinuxAgent package with the "rpm -U" command. This bug has been fixed and waagent daemon processes no longer persist after upgrading this package. (BZ#1374121)
All users who require the Windows Azure Linux Agent are advised to install this updated package. This package should be installed on Linux disk images that are built to run in the Windows Azure environment.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
Fixes
- BZ - 1374121 - [WALA] [RHEL6] 2 waagent deamon processes exist after rpm -U
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
WALinuxAgent-2.2.0-2.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 90bbe627f81d38f2d829cc346723d5e9b2d94d80566f50c4406383d80aa76154 |
x86_64 | |
WALinuxAgent-2.2.0-2.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 547718c3fa03aee8dc3e96b468fc9d70b13418298701ac46ecdd3c4879832272 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
WALinuxAgent-2.2.0-2.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 90bbe627f81d38f2d829cc346723d5e9b2d94d80566f50c4406383d80aa76154 |
s390x | |
WALinuxAgent-2.2.0-2.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 547718c3fa03aee8dc3e96b468fc9d70b13418298701ac46ecdd3c4879832272 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
WALinuxAgent-2.2.0-2.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 90bbe627f81d38f2d829cc346723d5e9b2d94d80566f50c4406383d80aa76154 |
ppc64 | |
WALinuxAgent-2.2.0-2.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 547718c3fa03aee8dc3e96b468fc9d70b13418298701ac46ecdd3c4879832272 |
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