RHBA-2011:1068 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated kvm packages that fix various bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux
on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions. It consists of a loadable
kernel module, kvm.ko, that provides the core virtualization infrastructure and
a processor specific module, kvm-intel.ko or kvm-amd.ko.

These updated kvm packages include a number of bug fixes. Space precludes
documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Refer to the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.7 Technical Notes for information about these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.7_Technical_Notes/kvm.html#RHBA-2011-1068

All users of kvm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which which
provide numerous bug fixes. The system must be rebooted 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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 561224 - BSOD when execute sandra muti-media benchmark
• BZ - 586173 - qemu monitor always use read-write type for the changed cd
• BZ - 644706 - QEMU monitor hangs on first command when attempting start a guest with an encrypted qcow2 image
• BZ - 644793 - qemu-kvm -no-kvm segfaults on pci_add
• BZ - 657149 - guest with passthrough nic got kernel panic when send system_reset signal in QEMU monitor
• BZ - 659172 - [WHQL] pwrtest failed in the job "CHAOS-Concurrent Hardware And OS test"
• BZ - 665023 - lost double clicks on slow connections
• BZ - 677614 - QEMU should report the PID of the process that sent it signals for troubleshooting purposes
• BZ - 713389 - Migration from host RHEL5.7 to host RHEL5.6.z failed with floppy
• BZ - 713392 - Increase migration max_downtime/or speed cause guest stalls.

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.7_Technical_Notes/kvm.html#RHBA-2011-1068