RHBA-2016:2269 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for virt-manager is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager) is a graphical tool for administering virtual machines for KVM, Xen, and Linux Containers (LXC). 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.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of virt-manager are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

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 Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.3 ppc64le
• 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 for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3 ppc64le
• 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, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 1044570 - virt-manager: add support to use unix sockets for VNC and SPICE graphics console
• BZ - 1086577 - [RFE]No error shows with invalid kickstart url or invalid kernel options for Network Install VM
• BZ - 1232087 - Suggest to set default bus type to usb when add a tablet device by "--input"
• BZ - 1233531 - [RFE]The size info of Pool cannot refresh automatically
• BZ - 1235238 - An error message pops up if delete the windows guest in installation procedure
• BZ - 1238618 - It's better to change the tooltip to "Resume the virtual machine" when the guest is paused
• BZ - 1247434 - virt-install gives incorrect warning about console=ttyS0
• BZ - 1257469 - Storage size of guest shows incorrect in virt-manager if lazy refcounts is false and disk type is volume
• BZ - 1258691 - Newly installed VM from CD-ROM should be blocked in user mode
• BZ - 1263900 - The argument in one of examples in man page is wrong
• BZ - 1263903 - An Error log display when run virt-install with cpuset=auto argument in non-numa host
• BZ - 1267160 - Black screen will occur when install rhel7.2 on xen host via remote rhel7 connection
• BZ - 1268001 - [patch] Make virt-manager recognize RHEL Atomic Host
• BZ - 1270430 - virt-install failed with install SLES 12 vm
• BZ - 1270696 - Failed to start new guest after cloned it from original guest
• BZ - 1271152 - [All-Lang][virt-manager] some contents in virt-manager GUI and error messages are not localized
• BZ - 1290314 - Unexpected "=" display before some words in --cdrom part
• BZ - 1296550 - Rebase virt-manager to current upstream release
• BZ - 1302175 - The "Save this password in your keyring" option is unchecked unexpectedly
• BZ - 1305210 - Wrong error info when import non-existent disk image from virt-manager GUI
• BZ - 1321719 - virt-install fails when pointed at rawhide tree (invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'rawhide')
• BZ - 1326544 - Should add qxl mode to video when display is vnc in virt-manager
• BZ - 1326589 - [RFE] add virtio-gpu and virtio-vga support
• BZ - 1331633 - "--spice-disable-auto-usbredir" should not be placed in group "--show-DIALOG-WINDOW"
• BZ - 1331707 - Some issues with "--show-domain-creator"
• BZ - 1340356 - remove "Restore Saved Machine..." option from File menu of Connection Details window
• BZ - 1341453 - [RFE] Add support to connect to to display via openGraphicsFD if spice is configured to not listen anywhere

CVEs

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References

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