RHBA-2014:0329 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated qemu-kvm-rhev packages that fix a bug are now available.

Description

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux
on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems. The qemu-kvm-rhev package provides the user-space
component for running virtual machines using KVM, in environments managed by Red
Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the number of characters in the file name strings for virtual

machine (VM) images was limited. Because repeated creation of VM image snapshots
gradually increases the file name string size, this eventually resulted in
either of the following problems when the size limit was reached: creating an
image snapshot failed to be executed or the VM did not successfully boot. This
update fixes the handling of file names so that long file names are now
supported, and the mentioned problems no longer occur. (BZ#1072302)

Users of qemu-kvm-rhev 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Virtualization 3 for RHEL 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1072302 - RHEV: Cannot start VMs that have more than 23 snapshots - clone for rhel/rhev split

CVEs

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References

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