RHBA-2015:0303 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated libguestfs packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

Libguestfs is a library and set of tools for accessing and modifying guest disk images.

The libguestfs packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.28, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#1021149, BZ#1087729)

Notable new features introduced to libguestfs with this update include:

• virt-builder — a tool for building virtual machine images. Use virt-builder to rapidly and securely create guests and customize them.
• virt-customize — a tool for customizing virtual machine disk images. Use virt-customize to install packages, edit configuration files, run scripts, and set passwords.
• virt-diff — a tool for showing differences between the file systems of two virtual machines. Use virt-diff to easily discover what files have been changed between snapshots.
• virt-log — a tool for listing log files from guests. The virt-log tool supports a variety of guests including Linux traditional, Linux using journal, and Windows event log.
• In addition, this update adds the virt-v2v utility as a Technology Preview. virt-v2v is a tool for converting guests from a foreign hypervisor to run on KVM, managed by libvirt, OpenStack, oVirt, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation (RHEV), and several other targets. Currently, virt-v2v can convert Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows guests running on Xen and VMware ESX.

More information about Red Hat Technology Previews is available here:
https://access.redhat.com/support/offerings/techpreview/

Users of libguestfs 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.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 805417 - RFE: support inspection of installation ISOs of WinVista, Win7, Win2008 & Win2008r2
• BZ - 980790 - fstrim returns error "FITRIM ioctl failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device"
• BZ - 1021149 - Rebase libguestfs to 1.28 in RHEL 7.1
• BZ - 1028676 - Add virt-builder to RHEL 7.1
• BZ - 1041552 - virt-sysprep should remove Pegasus certificates
• BZ - 1042780 - Support the virt-sysprep --delete option
• BZ - 1073917 - java bindings inspect_list_applications2 throws java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException:
• BZ - 1076213 - OpenStack as a v2v target.
• BZ - 1091803 - tar-in-opts execute failed that cause libguestfs appliance crashed
• BZ - 1091856 - scrub-file can't handle link file
• BZ - 1099284 - typo errors in man pages
• BZ - 1100528 - These APIs also need to add to `guestfish -h` command list
• BZ - 1113020 - Support virt-sparsify option to allow specifying temporary file or block device
• BZ - 1123797 - libguestfs 'direct' backend should close file descriptors before exec-ing qemu to avoid leaking !O_CLOEXEC fds
• BZ - 1136739 - virt-v2v warning info should be printed to fill the whole line
• BZ - 1138182 - xen guest will be kernel panic after converted by virt-v2v
• BZ - 1138184 - virt-v2v will fail when converting guests with initramfs-*kdump.img under /boot
• BZ - 1138504 - Support conversion of guests from remote kvm/xen/esx connections by virt-v2v
• BZ - 1138586 - No error shows when converting running guest with virt-v2v
• BZ - 1138634 - Remove user accounts from "/etc/shadow" when exeucte virt-sysprep with '--enable user-account' option
• BZ - 1139543 - Improve the error info when converting guest with no space left
• BZ - 1139973 - Improve the error info when converting xen guest with no passwordless SSH access configured
• BZ - 1140050 - No error shows when multiple conflicting options used with virt-v2v
• BZ - 1140547 - virt-builder option '--format' don't work well
• BZ - 1140894 - No error messages output if append '--format qcow2' after '-a guest.img', guest.img is a raw format image file
• BZ - 1141113 - virt-v2v fails to convert esx guests
• BZ - 1141145 - virt-v2v fails to convert xen pv guests.
• BZ - 1141157 - virt-sysprep option '--user-accounts' don't work well
• BZ - 1141626 - virt-sysprep option '--password' don't work well, it will cause login problem and if execute with other options it will take no effect
• BZ - 1141654 - virt-v2v: error: access: No such file or directory shows when converting xen/esx guests
• BZ - 1141680 - [RFE] virt-v2 should support convert a domain with using domain's UUID instead of domain name
• BZ - 1141723 - virt-v2v: error: disk sda has no defined format shows when converting xen hvm guest
• BZ - 1142004 - virt-v2v prints warning:WARNING:/files/boot/grub/device.map references unknown device "xvda"
• BZ - 1142008 - Conversion guest cannot been seen on rhevm server
• BZ - 1142158 - Illegal command 'part-get-name /dev/sda1 1' cause libguestfs appliance crashed
• BZ - 1142178 - virt-customize: No error messages output if append '--format qcow2' after '-a guest.img', guest.img is a raw format image file
• BZ - 1142186 - virt-sysprep option '--mount-options' don't work well
• BZ - 1142416 - part-get-name give 'libguestfs: error: part_get_name: parted does not support the machine output (-m)' error message when run 'part-get-name /dev/sda 1'
• BZ - 1143866 - virt-v2v fails with error: cannot open Packages index using db5
• BZ - 1143883 - warning shows when converting rhel7 guest:virt-v2v:could not update grub2 console: aug_get: no matching node (ignored)
• BZ - 1143949 - virt-customize option '--password-crypto' do not work
• BZ - 1144197 - Disable libguestfs UML backend mode in RHEL7
• BZ - 1144201 - guestfish can not restore terminal's output colour when exit guestfish, if the terminal's background colour is black then it will make a inconvenient
• BZ - 1144766 - futimens() is a no-op via guestmount
• BZ - 1144927 - Syntax error in lens definition: /usr/share/guestfs/guestfs_lvm_conf.aug:28.25-.40:Could not load module Quote for Quote.do_dquotee
• BZ - 1145582 - Failed to import sparse qcow2 disk image after converting to rhevm
• BZ - 1145916 - virt-v2v fails to convert win7 guest
• BZ - 1145995 - Improve the error info when converting windows guest with unclean file system
• BZ - 1146017 - virt-v2v -v -x during windows guest conversion will hang at hivex: hivex_open: used block id ……
• BZ - 1146815 - virt-v2v prints warning: /files/etc/fstab/8/spec references unknown device "cdrom"
• BZ - 1147065 - regression setting root password with virt-builder/virt-customize
• BZ - 1147313 - virt-v2v cmd with option --qemu-boot doesn't work: "qemu-system-x86_64: command not found"
• BZ - 1149640 - hardcoded el7 disttag in BR makes build fail on ppc64le
• BZ - 1150475 - Exporting 2+ disk guest to RHEV, only one disk shows after import
• BZ - 1150701 - virt-v2v does not fstrim data disks and non-mounted filesystems
• BZ - 1150815 - Can not find "RECURSIVE LONG LISTING" in 'man virt-diff'
• BZ - 1150867 - 'copy-file-to-file /src /dest' create file /dest even if command 'copy-file-to-file /src /dest' failed
• BZ - 1150880 - virt-v2v: warning: display <graphics type='sdl'> was ignored when converting rhel5 guest with sdl graphics
• BZ - 1151033 - virt-v2v conversions from VMware vCenter server run slowly
• BZ - 1151725 - virt-v2v: warning: /files/boot/grub/device.map/hd0 references unknown device "sda" when convert a guest with ide bus
• BZ - 1151738 - typo error in man page of virt-edit
• BZ - 1151766 - libguestfs-bash-completion package contains file /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/virt-log, but no _virt_log() function in that file
• BZ - 1151900 - Should also add a field for directory files when run virt-ls with --csv option
• BZ - 1151910 - virt-ls should remove '/' in the output when specify the directory name as /etc/
• BZ - 1152998 - virt-v2v / qemu-img fails on ova image
• BZ - 1153515 - empty (but set) LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND prints libguestfs: error: invalid backend:
• BZ - 1153589 - virt-v2v will hang when converting esx guest before disk copy phase
• BZ - 1153730 - Booting windows 2008 R2 if=virtio gets BSOD
• BZ - 1153844 - Redundancy whitespace at the end of directory name when use <TAB> to complete the directory name in guestfish with a xfs filesystem in guest
• BZ - 1155121 - Virt-v2v will fail when using relative path for -i ova
• BZ - 1155610 - disable uninstallation of VMware drivers on Linux for RHEL 7.1
• BZ - 1156301 - virt-inspector support adding a remote disk, but in its man page -a URI / --add URI is missing
• BZ - 1157691 - virt-p2v-make-disk should add firmwares
• BZ - 1158526 - Use password file instead of process interaction
• BZ - 1159258 - esx win2008 32 bit guest fail to load after conversion because the firmware isn't ACPI compatible
• BZ - 1160043 - virt-sysprep firstboot script is not deleted if it reboot a RHEL 7 guest
• BZ - 1160199 - log of virt-sysprep contains only the output of the last script
• BZ - 1161575 - Failed to import guest with "rtl8139" nic to openstack server after converted by v2v
• BZ - 1162966 - xfs should also give a warning out to let customer know the limitation
• BZ - 1164619 - Inspect-get-icon failed on RHEL7 guest
• BZ - 1164697 - typo errors in man pages
• BZ - 1164732 - The description of 'help append' is not accurately, it add the kernel options to libguestfs appliance not the guest kernel
• BZ - 1164853 - Booting in qemu found no volume groups and failed checking the filesystems
• BZ - 1165975 - File "/boot/grub2/device.map" showing is not right after converting a rhel7 guest from esx server
• BZ - 1166618 - virt-resize should give out the detail warning info to let customers know what's going wrong
• BZ - 1167302 - virt-v2v: warning: ova hard disk has no parent controller when convert from a ova file
• BZ - 1168632 - Fix kickstart for virt-p2v
• BZ - 1170073 - virt-v2v picks debug kernels over non-debug kernels when versions are equal
• BZ - 1171130 - virt-v2v conversion of RHEL 3 guest fails with: All of your loopback devices are in use
• BZ - 1174123 - Graphics password disappear after conversion of virt-v2v

CVEs

(none)

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#normal