ELBA-2026-1365

ELBA-2026-1365 - cloud-init bug fix and enhancement update

Type:	BUG
Impact:	NA
Release Date:	2026-01-29

Description

[24.4-7.0.1.el9_7.1]
- Fix Oracle Datasource network and getdata methods for OCI OL [Orabug: 35950168]
- Fix log file permission [Orabug: 35302969]
- Update detection logic for OL distros in config template [Orabug: 34845400]
- Added missing services in rhel/systemd/cloud-init.service [Orabug: 32183938]
- Added missing services in cloud-init.service.tmpl for sshd [Orabug: 32183938]
- Forward port applicable cloud-init 18.4-2.0.3 changes to cloud-init-18-5 [Orabug: 30435672]
- limit permissions [Orabug: 31352433]
- Changes to ignore all enslaved interfaces [Orabug: 30092148]
- Make Oracle datasource detect dracut based config files [Orabug: 29956753]
- add modified version of enable-ec2_utils-to-stop-retrying-to-get-ec2-metadata.patch:
1. Enable ec2_utils.py having a way to stop retrying to get ec2 metadata
2. Apply stop retrying to get ec2 metadata to helper/openstack.py MetadataReader
Resolves: Oracle-Bug:41660 (Bugzilla)
- added OL to list of known distros
Resolves: rhbz#1427280
Resolves: rhbz#1427280

[24.4-7.el9_7.1]
- ci-downstream-Do-not-override-changes-in-disable-sshd-k.patch [RHEL-128876]
- Resolves: RHEL-128876
([rhel-9] cloud-init upgrade is overwriting modifications in disable-sshd-keygen-if-cloud-init-active.conf)

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	sha256	Superseded By Advisory	Channel Label
Oracle Linux 9 (aarch64)	cloud-init-24.4-7.0.1.el9_7.1.src.rpm	39b0f79397d212744877f7883eefe9d802c77640e455c053e6c2976f956e7602	-	ol9_aarch64_appstream
	cloud-init-24.4-7.0.1.el9_7.1.noarch.rpm	a0fbfdec4877acfa78f000e813e15a4d129a31eacf89bbb4c702cca291385f75	-	ol9_aarch64_appstream
Oracle Linux 9 (x86_64)	cloud-init-24.4-7.0.1.el9_7.1.src.rpm	39b0f79397d212744877f7883eefe9d802c77640e455c053e6c2976f956e7602	-	ol9_x86_64_appstream
	cloud-init-24.4-7.0.1.el9_7.1.noarch.rpm	a0fbfdec4877acfa78f000e813e15a4d129a31eacf89bbb4c702cca291385f75	-	ol9_x86_64_appstream

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