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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2012:1582 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2012-12-18
Updated:
2012-12-18

RHBA-2012:1582 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

qemu-kvm bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated qemu-kvm packages that fix a bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux
on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems. The qemu-kvm packages form the user-space
component for running virtual machines using KVM.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • When the vdsm daemon was running on a blocking NFS storage, it attempted to

continuously access the storage. Consequently, vdsm could become unresponsive
for almost an hour. This bug has been fixed and vdsm is now able to recover
within a few minutes in the described scenario. (BZ#886101)

All users of qemu-kvm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix this bug. After installing this update, shut down all running virtual
machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again 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 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 886101 - vdsm: vdsm is stuck in recovery for almost an hour on NFS storage with running vm's when blocking storage from host

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.src.rpm SHA-256: 256ef459623f5baf8efc2929a8816f26a54dd7b03a825715161f9d951cc8ddde
x86_64
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7b72f81476523783cdf838b7769c9e17034c76f06fa378ba3088a76c1744e755
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7b72f81476523783cdf838b7769c9e17034c76f06fa378ba3088a76c1744e755
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 50a835fe110f9e4b87c2156edbd186f668638fe0f1143e5755e3e5c893f97605
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 50a835fe110f9e4b87c2156edbd186f668638fe0f1143e5755e3e5c893f97605
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0f67e6f9426f60c423c90545046da2dea5a17087e75e7b7ccdd0c3c11737b964
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0f67e6f9426f60c423c90545046da2dea5a17087e75e7b7ccdd0c3c11737b964
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 93fd5ab4489882786291b47543a0f7fa6f5604d70710b4643172dcf20a5f5326
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 93fd5ab4489882786291b47543a0f7fa6f5604d70710b4643172dcf20a5f5326
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30a5dc025faad939a493cfc6e5a1f13a9b750365d71ebe1e27dce2b2b084a623
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30a5dc025faad939a493cfc6e5a1f13a9b750365d71ebe1e27dce2b2b084a623

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.3

SRPM
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.src.rpm SHA-256: 256ef459623f5baf8efc2929a8816f26a54dd7b03a825715161f9d951cc8ddde
x86_64
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7b72f81476523783cdf838b7769c9e17034c76f06fa378ba3088a76c1744e755
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 50a835fe110f9e4b87c2156edbd186f668638fe0f1143e5755e3e5c893f97605
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0f67e6f9426f60c423c90545046da2dea5a17087e75e7b7ccdd0c3c11737b964
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 93fd5ab4489882786291b47543a0f7fa6f5604d70710b4643172dcf20a5f5326
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30a5dc025faad939a493cfc6e5a1f13a9b750365d71ebe1e27dce2b2b084a623

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.src.rpm SHA-256: 256ef459623f5baf8efc2929a8816f26a54dd7b03a825715161f9d951cc8ddde
x86_64
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7b72f81476523783cdf838b7769c9e17034c76f06fa378ba3088a76c1744e755
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 50a835fe110f9e4b87c2156edbd186f668638fe0f1143e5755e3e5c893f97605
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0f67e6f9426f60c423c90545046da2dea5a17087e75e7b7ccdd0c3c11737b964
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 93fd5ab4489882786291b47543a0f7fa6f5604d70710b4643172dcf20a5f5326
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30a5dc025faad939a493cfc6e5a1f13a9b750365d71ebe1e27dce2b2b084a623

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.src.rpm SHA-256: 256ef459623f5baf8efc2929a8816f26a54dd7b03a825715161f9d951cc8ddde
x86_64
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7b72f81476523783cdf838b7769c9e17034c76f06fa378ba3088a76c1744e755
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 50a835fe110f9e4b87c2156edbd186f668638fe0f1143e5755e3e5c893f97605
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0f67e6f9426f60c423c90545046da2dea5a17087e75e7b7ccdd0c3c11737b964
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 93fd5ab4489882786291b47543a0f7fa6f5604d70710b4643172dcf20a5f5326
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30a5dc025faad939a493cfc6e5a1f13a9b750365d71ebe1e27dce2b2b084a623

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.src.rpm SHA-256: 256ef459623f5baf8efc2929a8816f26a54dd7b03a825715161f9d951cc8ddde
x86_64
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7b72f81476523783cdf838b7769c9e17034c76f06fa378ba3088a76c1744e755
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 50a835fe110f9e4b87c2156edbd186f668638fe0f1143e5755e3e5c893f97605
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0f67e6f9426f60c423c90545046da2dea5a17087e75e7b7ccdd0c3c11737b964
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 93fd5ab4489882786291b47543a0f7fa6f5604d70710b4643172dcf20a5f5326
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30a5dc025faad939a493cfc6e5a1f13a9b750365d71ebe1e27dce2b2b084a623

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.src.rpm SHA-256: 256ef459623f5baf8efc2929a8816f26a54dd7b03a825715161f9d951cc8ddde
x86_64
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7b72f81476523783cdf838b7769c9e17034c76f06fa378ba3088a76c1744e755
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 50a835fe110f9e4b87c2156edbd186f668638fe0f1143e5755e3e5c893f97605
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0f67e6f9426f60c423c90545046da2dea5a17087e75e7b7ccdd0c3c11737b964
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 93fd5ab4489882786291b47543a0f7fa6f5604d70710b4643172dcf20a5f5326
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30a5dc025faad939a493cfc6e5a1f13a9b750365d71ebe1e27dce2b2b084a623

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.src.rpm SHA-256: 256ef459623f5baf8efc2929a8816f26a54dd7b03a825715161f9d951cc8ddde
x86_64
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7b72f81476523783cdf838b7769c9e17034c76f06fa378ba3088a76c1744e755
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 50a835fe110f9e4b87c2156edbd186f668638fe0f1143e5755e3e5c893f97605
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0f67e6f9426f60c423c90545046da2dea5a17087e75e7b7ccdd0c3c11737b964
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 93fd5ab4489882786291b47543a0f7fa6f5604d70710b4643172dcf20a5f5326
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30a5dc025faad939a493cfc6e5a1f13a9b750365d71ebe1e27dce2b2b084a623

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.3

SRPM
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.src.rpm SHA-256: 256ef459623f5baf8efc2929a8816f26a54dd7b03a825715161f9d951cc8ddde
x86_64
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7b72f81476523783cdf838b7769c9e17034c76f06fa378ba3088a76c1744e755
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 50a835fe110f9e4b87c2156edbd186f668638fe0f1143e5755e3e5c893f97605
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0f67e6f9426f60c423c90545046da2dea5a17087e75e7b7ccdd0c3c11737b964
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 93fd5ab4489882786291b47543a0f7fa6f5604d70710b4643172dcf20a5f5326
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30a5dc025faad939a493cfc6e5a1f13a9b750365d71ebe1e27dce2b2b084a623

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6

SRPM
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.src.rpm SHA-256: 256ef459623f5baf8efc2929a8816f26a54dd7b03a825715161f9d951cc8ddde
x86_64
qemu-guest-agent-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7b72f81476523783cdf838b7769c9e17034c76f06fa378ba3088a76c1744e755
qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 50a835fe110f9e4b87c2156edbd186f668638fe0f1143e5755e3e5c893f97605
qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0f67e6f9426f60c423c90545046da2dea5a17087e75e7b7ccdd0c3c11737b964
qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 93fd5ab4489882786291b47543a0f7fa6f5604d70710b4643172dcf20a5f5326
qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6_3.10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 30a5dc025faad939a493cfc6e5a1f13a9b750365d71ebe1e27dce2b2b084a623

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