ELBA-2026-28249

ELBA-2026-28249 - cloud-init bug fix and enhancement update

Type:	BUG
Impact:	NA
Release Date:	2026-07-20

Description

[24.4-8.0.1.el9_8.1]
- 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

[24.4-8.el9_8.1]
- ci-fix-Pass-interface-string-to-get_newest_lease-6648.patch [RHEL-159095]
- ci-fix-cloudstack-Improve-domain-name-DHCP-lease-lookup.patch [RHEL-159095]
- ci-downstream-fix-test_cloudstack.py-since-pytest-fixtu.patch [RHEL-159095]
- Resolves: RHEL-159095
(CLONE - [GSS][Secure Support] [RHEL-9] cloud-init requests lease before DHCP can provide one [rhel-9.8.z])

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	sha256	Superseded By Advisory	Channel Label
Oracle Linux 9 (aarch64)	cloud-init-24.4-8.0.1.el9_8.1.src.rpm	346ecae8a226c5c1b9ea9ecc41d59579642dcc7836057034989bf71e8b23c8ba	-	ol9_aarch64_appstream
	cloud-init-24.4-8.0.1.el9_8.1.noarch.rpm	76311b2130140adfca6c68f6204abfe7e3083e475cb302c134f9fa7c2e31b3f5	-	ol9_aarch64_appstream
Oracle Linux 9 (x86_64)	cloud-init-24.4-8.0.1.el9_8.1.src.rpm	346ecae8a226c5c1b9ea9ecc41d59579642dcc7836057034989bf71e8b23c8ba	-	ol9_x86_64_appstream
	cloud-init-24.4-8.0.1.el9_8.1.noarch.rpm	76311b2130140adfca6c68f6204abfe7e3083e475cb302c134f9fa7c2e31b3f5	-	ol9_x86_64_appstream

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