[El-errata] ELBA-2025-9436 Oracle Linux 9 cloud-init bug fix and enhancement update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2025-9436

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2025-9436.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 9 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
cloud-init-24.4-4.0.1.el9_6.1.noarch.rpm

aarch64:
cloud-init-24.4-4.0.1.el9_6.1.noarch.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol9/SRPMS-updates/cloud-init-24.4-4.0.1.el9_6.1.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[24.4-4.0.1.1]
- 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

[24.4-4.el9_6.1]
- ci-fix-NM-reload-and-bring-up-individual-network-conns-.patch [RHEL-83636]
- Resolves: RHEL-83636
  (DataSourceNoCloudNet network configuration is ineffective [rhel-9.6.z])

[24.4-4]
- ci-net-sysconfig-do-not-remove-all-existing-settings-of.patch [RHEL-76361]
- Resolves: RHEL-76361
  ([c9s] cloud-init remove 'NOZEROCONF=yes' from /etc/sysconfig/network)

[24.4-3]
- ci-Use-log_with_downgradable_level-for-user-password-wa.patch [RHEL-71122]
- ci-downstream-set-deprecation-boundary-version.patch [RHEL-71122]
- Resolves: RHEL-71122
  (Suggest to change some log messages from warning to info after rebase cloud-init-24.4 [RHEL-9.6] )

[24.4-2]
- ci-downstream-Revert-feat-Use-NetworkManager-renderer-b.patch [RHEL-74334]
- Resolves: RHEL-74334
  ([rhel-9.6] Suggest to continue using sysconfig as the default network renderer in rhel-9.6)

[24.4-1]
- Rebase to 24.4 [RHEL-66251]
- Resolves: RHEL-66251
  ([RHEL-9] Rebase cloud-init to 24.4 version)

[23.4-22]
- ci-Prevent-NM-from-handling-DNS-when-network-interfaces.patch [RHEL-65768]
- Resolves: RHEL-65768
  ([RHEL-9] Prevent NM from handling DNS when network interfaces have DNS config)

[23.4-21]
- ci-fix-Render-bridges-correctly-for-v2-on-sysconfig-wit.patch [RHEL-38927]
- ci-fix-Render-v2-bridges-correctly-on-network-manager-w.patch [RHEL-38927]
- Resolves: RHEL-38927
  (NoCloud - network_config bridges incorrectly configured)

[23.4-20]
- ci-Fix-metric-setting-for-ifcfg-network-connections-for.patch [RHEL-61224]
- ci-fix-python3.13-Fix-import-error-for-passlib-on-Pytho.patch [RHEL-61224]
- Resolves: RHEL-61224
  (Configuring metric for default gateway is not working)