Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2009:0401 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2009-03-30
Updated:
2009-03-30

RHBA-2009:0401 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

xen bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated Xen packages that fix various bugs are now available.

Description

Xen is a high performance and secure open source virtualization framework.
Virtualization allows users to run guest operating systems in virtual
machines on top of a host operating system.

Bugs fixed in these updated packages include:

  • Data corruption occurred on guests with virtual SCSI disks larger than

1TB. This update adds support for virtual disks larger than 1TB.

  • Various SCSI device data corruption issues occurred on fully virtualized

guests with over 4GB of RAM. This update resolves the data corruption
issues on fully virtualized guests with over 4GB of RAM.

  • The Xen SCSI driver scsi_write_data() system call did not verify data if

was written before returning. The SCSI driver now flushes the buffer before
it returns which ensures data is written to the disk.

Users of Xen are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 484336 - CRM 1885278 - SCSI problems on fullvirt guests with > 4Gb mem
  • BZ - 486919 - Large file systems corrupting on domU boot.
  • BZ - 488698 - scsi backend: make sure data is actually written to disk

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
xen-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.src.rpm SHA-256: d0aa5c195bbacefd2fa638356019ef1dba7be3ef9bc438778810072e3dc204f1
x86_64
xen-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fc8f63e25454a704162fc393d5025ee744d90ec3e49d97510ec85596c758ab34
xen-devel-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: ea7273bf4970fe46de4357f50db1ee87e21c3a6431cb050c3a046d762b241cd5
xen-devel-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b448297422de3dd4adae12deb547d23654ae60fcad0be15eb5bd7ac38516724d
xen-libs-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 73b192970368b984b1f3f6c46672eb7d2ce43052a840cc5a754b0b7f486f534e
xen-libs-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f2f4e4068aee30d6b31c283009b51b2d1074e37e9b3f35b995a3f2f43d4de012
ia64
xen-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 98bc788c074e330857a83590947827538d350ac5e67214c697b2690098e61ac1
xen-devel-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 3c614c859b1b008e42b174f014b0b34491d52db742aec793f25dd57839d28126
xen-libs-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 9db4ac3f557b7f8db0651693df654210493b78c59f920645d48d6d1fff1f85b4
i386
xen-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: c8f507738c053ad8e414e0e80be94dd2deae598a66c9e616238c0ef2596b57a0
xen-devel-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: ea7273bf4970fe46de4357f50db1ee87e21c3a6431cb050c3a046d762b241cd5
xen-libs-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 73b192970368b984b1f3f6c46672eb7d2ce43052a840cc5a754b0b7f486f534e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
xen-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.src.rpm SHA-256: d0aa5c195bbacefd2fa638356019ef1dba7be3ef9bc438778810072e3dc204f1
x86_64
xen-libs-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 73b192970368b984b1f3f6c46672eb7d2ce43052a840cc5a754b0b7f486f534e
xen-libs-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f2f4e4068aee30d6b31c283009b51b2d1074e37e9b3f35b995a3f2f43d4de012
i386
xen-libs-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 73b192970368b984b1f3f6c46672eb7d2ce43052a840cc5a754b0b7f486f534e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
xen-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.src.rpm SHA-256: d0aa5c195bbacefd2fa638356019ef1dba7be3ef9bc438778810072e3dc204f1
x86_64
xen-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fc8f63e25454a704162fc393d5025ee744d90ec3e49d97510ec85596c758ab34
xen-devel-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: ea7273bf4970fe46de4357f50db1ee87e21c3a6431cb050c3a046d762b241cd5
xen-devel-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b448297422de3dd4adae12deb547d23654ae60fcad0be15eb5bd7ac38516724d
xen-libs-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 73b192970368b984b1f3f6c46672eb7d2ce43052a840cc5a754b0b7f486f534e
xen-libs-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f2f4e4068aee30d6b31c283009b51b2d1074e37e9b3f35b995a3f2f43d4de012
i386
xen-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: c8f507738c053ad8e414e0e80be94dd2deae598a66c9e616238c0ef2596b57a0
xen-devel-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: ea7273bf4970fe46de4357f50db1ee87e21c3a6431cb050c3a046d762b241cd5
xen-libs-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 73b192970368b984b1f3f6c46672eb7d2ce43052a840cc5a754b0b7f486f534e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
xen-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.src.rpm SHA-256: d0aa5c195bbacefd2fa638356019ef1dba7be3ef9bc438778810072e3dc204f1
x86_64
xen-libs-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 73b192970368b984b1f3f6c46672eb7d2ce43052a840cc5a754b0b7f486f534e
xen-libs-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f2f4e4068aee30d6b31c283009b51b2d1074e37e9b3f35b995a3f2f43d4de012
i386
xen-libs-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2.i386.rpm SHA-256: 73b192970368b984b1f3f6c46672eb7d2ce43052a840cc5a754b0b7f486f534e

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