RHBA-2015:0334 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The libvirt-python packages contain a module that permits applications written
in the Python programming language to use the interface supplied by the libvirt
library to use the virtualization capabilities of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
These packages were previously shipped within the libvirt packages.

The libvirt-python packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.8.2, which
provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
(BZ#1175276, BZ#1167336, BZ#1136354, BZ#1155484, BZ#1155016, BZ#1116978,
BZ#1147022, BZ#1144284, BZ#1160792, BZ#1161039, BZ#1138570, BZ#1147639)

Users of libvirt-python 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 - 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 for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.3 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 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
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64

Fixes

• BZ - 1140998 - Memory leak in python binding of XMLDesc
• BZ - 1144284 - Rebuild libvirt-python to pick up the new flag for removing NVRAM files in virDomainUndefineFlags
• BZ - 1147022 - Rebuild libvirt-python to pick up new additions to libvirt.h
• BZ - 1147639 - Handle VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_ID_TUNABLE in libvirt-override.c
• BZ - 1155016 - cannot use VIR_CONNECT_GET_ALL_DOMAINS_STATS_ENFORCE_STATS flags in domainListGetStats
• BZ - 1155484 - virDomainBlockCopy cannot get a right flag when use libvirt_virDomainBlockCopy
• BZ - 1160792 - Rebuild libvirt-python to pick up new additions to libvirt.h
• BZ - 1161039 - Unchecked return value of libvirt_uintUnwrap in libvirt_virDomainSendKey
• BZ - 1175276 - Rebuild libvirt-python to pick up the new flag for fetching backing chain statistics

CVEs

(none)

References

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