PowerFlex: CentOS 7.9 Extended Security Update Support for Critical or High Vulnerability

Summary: As of June 30, 2024, CentOS 7.9 is end of support, patches are no longer available to update CentOS for new security vulnerabilities. Dell PowerFlex product team provides extended support for select critical or high vulnerabilities through June 2025. Customers are encouraged to move to PowerFlex 4.6 or later and then migrate their systems to SLES as soon as possible. ...

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Symptoms

In-scope:
Select critical or high vulnerabilities (CVSS score of 7.0 and above) for rack and appliance CentOS 7.9 implementations.

The updating support covers the following for rack and appliance (CentOS 7.9):

  • SVM of VMware HCI for RCM 3.6.x and IC 38.36x
  • SVM of PFMC for RCM 3.6.x and IC 38.36x
  • SVM of PFMC that were upgraded to RCM 3.7.x and IC 46.37x or RCM 3.8.x and IC 47.38x
  • Storage node OS for RCM 3.6.x and IC 38.36x

 

NOTE: PFMP automated CentOS to SLES migration is available starting PFMP 4.6 except for PFMC. PFMC migration is available through PFMP in an upcoming release. See the Dell PowerFlex Rack with PowerFlex 4.x Upgrade Guide or the Dell PowerFlex Appliance with PowerFlex 4.x Upgrade Guide as appropriate for OS change procedures.

Cause

CentOS 7.9 is end of support as of June 30, 2024.

Resolution

Migrate to SLES and upgrade to PowerFlex 4.6.
Article Properties
Article Number: 000228021
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 02 Jan 2026
Version:  5
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