RHBA-2011:1411 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated libvirt packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5 Extended Update Support.

Description

The libvirt library is a C API for managing and interacting with the
virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems. In addition,
libvirt provides tools for remote management of virtualized systems. Libvirt
also provides an auditing mechanism allowing to trace the operations done with
the API.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Due to a bug in the qemuAuditDisk() function, hot unplug failures were never

audited, and a hot unplug success was audited as a failure. This bug has been
fixed, and auditing of disk hot unplug operations now works as expected.
(BZ#713444)

All users of libvirt are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug.

Solution

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

This update is available via the 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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 713444 - Auditing of QEMU driver disk hotunplug events logs is missing and/or incorrect

CVEs

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References

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