Bug 1970335 - Incorrect set hostname to localhost using DNS reverse lookup of ipv6 address
Summary: Incorrect set hostname to localhost using DNS reverse lookup of ipv6 address
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: NetworkManager
Version: 8.4
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: beta
: 8.5
Assignee: Beniamino Galvani
QA Contact: Vladimir Benes
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 1907049 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: 1970398
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-06-10 09:37 UTC by Gris Ge
Modified: 2021-11-10 07:00 UTC (History)
10 users (show)

Fixed In Version: NetworkManager-1.32.0-1.el8
Doc Type: No Doc Update
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Clone Of:
: 1970398 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2021-11-09 19:30:32 UTC
Type: Bug
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4361 0 None None None 2021-11-09 19:31:12 UTC
freedesktop.org Gitlab NetworkManager NetworkManager-ci merge_requests 795 0 None merged general: add 1.32+ 'pull_hostname_from_dns' test 2021-07-20 06:20:38 UTC
freedesktop.org Gitlab NetworkManager NetworkManager merge_requests 877 0 None opened Fix lookup of hostname via DNS 2021-06-10 09:39:15 UTC

Description Gris Ge 2021-06-10 09:37:15 UTC 
Description of problem:

When server got IPv6 address assigned from IPv6-RA/autoconf, the reverse hostname lookup via DNS will fallback to `myhostname` which generate `localhost`

Please checking openshift bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1959842 for detail.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NetworkManager-1.32.0-0.4.el8

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
 * Please contact openshift team in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1959842

Actual results:

`localhost` been used as hostname of server.

Expected results:

Server should only use DNS server returned name instead of `myhostname` module.

Additional info:
Comment 8 Till Maas 2021-06-22 14:37:30 UTC 
*** Bug 1907049 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Vladimir Benes 2021-07-09 09:38:58 UTC 
NMCI test added:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager-ci/-/merge_requests/795
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 19:30:32 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Moderate: NetworkManager security, bug fix, and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4361
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