RHBA-2013:1650 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated xorg-x11-drv-qxl packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The xorg-x11-drv-qxl packages provide an X11 video driver for the QEMU QXL video
accelerator. This driver makes it possible to use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 as
a guest operating system under the KVM kernel module and the QEMU multi-platform
emulator, using the SPICE protocol.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• When the user tried to start a guest with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 on a host

with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, the QEMU QXL video accelerator failed with a
segmentation fault. As a consequence, the guest was not able to start the system
GUI. This update applies a patch to fix this bug and the guest now starts
correctly. (BZ#929037)

• When using multiple QXL devices with the Xinerama extension, or multiple QXL

devices while each being a separate screen, an attempt to set a resolution
higher than 1024 x 768 pixels in the xorg.conf file failed with an error. With
this update, the underlying source code has been modified and the resolution can
now be set as expected. (BZ#951000)

Users of xorg-x11-drv-qxl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which fix 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 929037 - RHEL5 host: rhel6.4 guest cannot start to Desktop because qxl Segmentation fault
• BZ - 951000 - xorg qxl drv does not honor initial resolution specified in xorg.conf

CVEs

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References

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