RHBA-2011:1054 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An enhanced python-virtinst package that fixes various bugs and provides an
enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The python-virtinst utility is a module that helps build and install
libvirt-based virtual machines.

This updated python-virtinst package includes fixes for the following bugs:

• A missing "boot-on" parameter caused the installation of a Windows guest to

fail due to the reqiured disk device being offline. This problem has been fixed:
the "boot=on" value is now among the command line values and the installation
successfully completes. (BZ#568294)

• Previously, after a qcow2 image was created using the "qemu-img" command, a

virtual machine could not be installed to this image using the "virt-install"
command. The "virt-install" command now supports the qcow2 image.(BZ#644271)

In addition, this updated python-virtinst package provides the following
enhancement:

• There was a typo in the randomMAC method for the Xen utility defined in the

util.py file. The randomly generated MAC addresses incorrectly started with the
prefix 00:16:36. This could have caused some tools depending on the expected MAC
prefix to not work with guests created by the virt-install tool. This has been
fixed and the MAC addresses now correctly start with the prefix 00:16:3E.
(BZ#679949)

All users of python-virtinst are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which resolves these bugs and provides this enhancement.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/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 Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 568294 - virt-install needs to facilitate windows virtio disk driver installs
• BZ - 644271 - The virt-install doesn't support --format option,so can't install on the qcow2 image
• BZ - 679949 - typo mac in virtinst.util.randomMAC for xen

CVEs

(none)

References

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