RHBA-2014:1447 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated virt-manager packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Updated virt-manager packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Due to a bug in the virt-manager package, the virt-manager application failed

to connect to a remote host machine trough IPv6. Also, virt-manager failed to
create virtual guests with remote connections through IPv6. This bug has been
fixed and virt-manager now successfully opens IPv6 connections to remote hosts
and creates guests with such connections as expected. (BZ#870383, BZ#1094600)

• When creating a virtual machine (VM), the virt-manager application incorrectly

configured a custom added TCP net console device. The bug has been fixed and TCP
consoles are now configured correctly when creating a VM. (BZ#918451)

• When starting the virt-manager application over SSH without enabled

x-forwarding, virt-manager terminated and returned a traceback instead of an
informative error message. With this update, virt-manager has been modified to
return a well-formed error message in the aforementioned scenario. (BZ#1025706)

• After executing the pm-suspend command on the guest virtual machine, the

virt-manager application displayed the status of this guest as "Running" instead
of "Suspended". The bug has been fixed and virt-manager now shows the correct
status of suspended guests. (BZ#1091292)

• Previously, after clicking the 'refresh volume list' button in the

virt-manager GUI, the virt-manager application became unresponsive. This bug has
been fixed and virt-manager no longer hangs in the aforementioned scenario.
(BZ#1091878)

• The virt-manager application has been modified to return an informative error

message instead of a traceback when the LC_CTYPE variable is set incorrectly.
(BZ#1124387)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

• This update adds support for USB redirection to the virt-manager package.

(BZ#807277)

• This update adds support for Virtio SCSI disk to the virt-manager package.

(BZ#1049781)

• The pvpanic device is now enabled by default when creating a virtual machine

with the virt-manager application. The pvpanic is a simulated device that
notifies virt-manager of panic events on guest machines. (BZ#996517)

• This update adds an option for changing the default CPU model when creating a

virtual machine (VM) with the virt-manager application. The VM CPU model can now
be set to be as close as possible to the host CPU model. (BZ#1046583)

Users of virt-manager are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• 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 for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• 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 from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 807277 - Enable auto-redir in virt-manager
• BZ - 870383 - virt-manager cannot open console through IPV6.
• BZ - 918451 - virt-manager doesn't set up TCP net console mode properly
• BZ - 927257 - AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'storagePoolLookupByName'
• BZ - 1025706 - virt-manager causes a python trace-back instead of handling the error when it cannot open display
• BZ - 1069090 - Not consistent for virt-manager's option "--profile=File" between manual page and help page
• BZ - 1091292 - virt-manager doesn't show the right guest status when guest is pmsuspended
• BZ - 1091878 - Click 'refresh volume list' button would make virt-manager hang and lost response
• BZ - 1093979 - Parser error when install virt-manager
• BZ - 1093980 - Unclear error info shows when creating guest with an existing name
• BZ - 1094005 - Wrong description of "Source Name" when creating logical pool
• BZ - 1094083 - Some check box shows abnormal under "Preference" and "Feedback" tab
• BZ - 1094600 - Fail to create guest with remote connection through ipv6
• BZ - 1102345 - no rhel 7 option for vms created in virt-manager
• BZ - 1124387 - virt-manager traceback when wrong LC_CTYPE is set.

CVEs

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References

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