RHBA-2012:0216 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated virt-manager package that fixes multiple bugs is now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager) is a graphical tool for administering
virtual machines for KVM, Xen, and QEMU. The virt-manager utility can start,
stop, add or remove virtualized devices, connect to a graphical or serial
console, and see resource usage statistics for existing virtualized guests on
local or remote machines. It uses the libvirt API (Application Programming
Interface).

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, when executing the virt-manager utility on guests that used the

KDE environment and X11 forwarding, the application window was displayed only
for a short moment and terminated immediately afterwards. This update removes
unnecessary hide_all() calls, and the window now remains open as expected.
(BZ#589436)

• Previously, when the user created a disk image guest, and attached a Small

Computer System Interface (SCSI) disk image for the storage, this addition
damaged the guest disk image, which was no longer able to boot. This update
disables the SCSI option for QEMU connections, and so prevents guest disk images
from being damaged. (BZ#701873)

• Previously, the "env" command was used to provide the path to the python

binary in the virt-manager script. This could in certain cases cause the
virt-manager utility to misbehave. This update explicitly specifies the python
binary path, and so ensures correct behavior of virt-manager. (BZ#708178)

• Previously, on the Xen hypervisor, the virt-manager utility did not use the

specified disk size when using the keyboard for navigation. As a consequence,
insufficient space could prevent a guest operating system from being installed.
This update modifies virt-manager to use the specified disk size correctly when
navigating by keyboard. Guest operating systems can now be installed
successfully. (BZ#712206)

All users of virt-manager are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
fixes these bugs.

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

Fixes

• BZ - 589436 - virt-manager window does not appear when SSH to KDE box
• BZ - 701873 - virt-manager should not allow options that break guests (SCSI, etc.)

CVEs

(none)

References

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