RHBA-2010:0010 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated xen packages that close a memory leak in xend 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.

These updated xen packages fix the following bug:

• following a guest shutdown, attempting to recreate that guest may have

failed due to timing issues, which caused the xend daemon to think that the
guest name was still in use, even though it was not. Also, the "xm list"
command (correctly) did not show the name of the guest which had shut down.
As a temporary workaround, running the "xm list" command once would rectify
this situation so that the guest with the same name as the one which had
been shut down could be recreated. This update resolves this issue so that
a guest with the same name as a guest which has recently been shut down can
be recreated immediately, without having to run an interim command.
(BZ#547289)

Xen users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve
this issue. Note: after installation, the xend service must be restarted
for this update to take effect.

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 5.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 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
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 547289 - xm-create incorrectly states a vm is in use, when it isn't

CVEs

(none)

References

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