Synopsis

xen bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated xen packages that fix various bugs and add several enhancements are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The xen packages contain administration tools and the xend service for managing
the kernel-xen kernel for virtualization on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

These updated xen packages include a number of bug fixes and enhancements. Space
precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Refer to the Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 Technical Notes for information about these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.8_Technical_Notes/xen.html#RHBA-2012-0160

All users of xen are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which provide
numerous bug fixes and enhancements. The system must be rebooted for this update
to take effect.

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 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
• 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 - 497080 - check amount of free disk space before attempting to suspend
• BZ - 661211 - rhel6 hvm guests get soft lockups if tsc fails
• BZ - 697310 - vif (netback) should take its default MTU from the bridge
• BZ - 699615 - xendomains: cannot start without domain to restore or to create
• BZ - 703693 - [balloon] Set maxmem of hvm guest got error
• BZ - 705831 - add "xm debug-keys"
• BZ - 706859 - [REF] Add file lock to xenconsole
• BZ - 713074 - Missing serial port prevent hvm guest start via libvirt
• BZ - 714855 - Failed to update memory info of "xm list -l" when memory resizing within PV guest
• BZ - 717525 - destroying PV guest too quickly leaves qemu-dm not killed
• BZ - 719294 - HVM guest network outage during live migration
• BZ - 733417 - The network-bridge script does not set the MTU of the bridge to match the MTU of the physical interface
• BZ - 735993 - configuring a SCSI cd-rom in an HVM domain messes up IDE drives
• BZ - 737851 - Disconnecting cdrom image fail
• BZ - 746602 - pygrub cannot start F16 PV guests (GPT partition) under Xen 4.1.1

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.8_Technical_Notes/xen.html#RHBA-2012-0160

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
xen-3.0.3-135.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: d5703c82762a83e518af4a3595b68b1ef9aa56ebee4627cf28adcb3c68f26c1f
x86_64
xen-3.0.3-135.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: d55449399cf74a1b4f8aaf82dfda84b45ce3a74698358008a342739a4f7eebf6
xen-devel-3.0.3-135.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 30a2914def6bdf676bd2524d2c5382986d42d2d16d27a7f2f1f5037f96166348
xen-devel-3.0.3-135.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8a8c29daee64f281542386a415899e42572c17a45d33a26db6d7a03c497b7623
xen-libs-3.0.3-135.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 3c2150e6beb0c7fb385c054c2261bf29e069bacb0e67d20da28aa17d2a5969f9
xen-libs-3.0.3-135.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8ea27aef5393258b6722355b594842eab2ecf552c5b11dc4e649bb38a236e3b3
ia64
xen-3.0.3-135.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: aefdac1794498db04b2e9803a53a565e2b43cdc4712f9ce2016791744820c1a9
xen-devel-3.0.3-135.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 6e13bfa06a5536cf77e9450c2b165a568e757a6ba8fc0cf6e4a6e140aa35209d
xen-libs-3.0.3-135.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: fee9199ec14584d0f3f260452eea59d7e03967542593cb078338a583654111a6
i386
xen-3.0.3-135.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 4a325d9e1fa9971841b4f3cd73c11978d3601666a301259c6355cce06e77781a
xen-devel-3.0.3-135.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 30a2914def6bdf676bd2524d2c5382986d42d2d16d27a7f2f1f5037f96166348
xen-libs-3.0.3-135.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 3c2150e6beb0c7fb385c054c2261bf29e069bacb0e67d20da28aa17d2a5969f9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
xen-3.0.3-135.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: d5703c82762a83e518af4a3595b68b1ef9aa56ebee4627cf28adcb3c68f26c1f
x86_64
xen-3.0.3-135.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: d55449399cf74a1b4f8aaf82dfda84b45ce3a74698358008a342739a4f7eebf6
xen-devel-3.0.3-135.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 30a2914def6bdf676bd2524d2c5382986d42d2d16d27a7f2f1f5037f96166348
xen-devel-3.0.3-135.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8a8c29daee64f281542386a415899e42572c17a45d33a26db6d7a03c497b7623
xen-libs-3.0.3-135.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 3c2150e6beb0c7fb385c054c2261bf29e069bacb0e67d20da28aa17d2a5969f9
xen-libs-3.0.3-135.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8ea27aef5393258b6722355b594842eab2ecf552c5b11dc4e649bb38a236e3b3
i386
xen-3.0.3-135.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 4a325d9e1fa9971841b4f3cd73c11978d3601666a301259c6355cce06e77781a
xen-devel-3.0.3-135.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 30a2914def6bdf676bd2524d2c5382986d42d2d16d27a7f2f1f5037f96166348
xen-libs-3.0.3-135.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 3c2150e6beb0c7fb385c054c2261bf29e069bacb0e67d20da28aa17d2a5969f9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
xen-3.0.3-135.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: d5703c82762a83e518af4a3595b68b1ef9aa56ebee4627cf28adcb3c68f26c1f
x86_64
xen-libs-3.0.3-135.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 3c2150e6beb0c7fb385c054c2261bf29e069bacb0e67d20da28aa17d2a5969f9
xen-libs-3.0.3-135.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8ea27aef5393258b6722355b594842eab2ecf552c5b11dc4e649bb38a236e3b3
i386
xen-libs-3.0.3-135.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 3c2150e6beb0c7fb385c054c2261bf29e069bacb0e67d20da28aa17d2a5969f9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
xen-3.0.3-135.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: d5703c82762a83e518af4a3595b68b1ef9aa56ebee4627cf28adcb3c68f26c1f
x86_64
xen-libs-3.0.3-135.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 3c2150e6beb0c7fb385c054c2261bf29e069bacb0e67d20da28aa17d2a5969f9
xen-libs-3.0.3-135.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 8ea27aef5393258b6722355b594842eab2ecf552c5b11dc4e649bb38a236e3b3
i386
xen-libs-3.0.3-135.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 3c2150e6beb0c7fb385c054c2261bf29e069bacb0e67d20da28aa17d2a5969f9