RHBA-2017:2072 - 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 7.4 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 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 - 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 Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 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 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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 1243335 - copy and rename nvram file while cloning the whole guest
• BZ - 1365367 - Failed to login guest when wrong password was typed for vnc guest
• BZ - 1366241 - Install guest failed when "-c URI" was specified
• BZ - 1368922 - Can't change name for uefi guest on virt-manager
• BZ - 1371781 - virt-install doesn't be triggered as noautoconsole when --wait=0
• BZ - 1375452 - The snapshot refresh icon button doesn't have a tooltip
• BZ - 1377244 - --show-DIALOG-WINDOW doesn't imply --no-conn-autostart option
• BZ - 1379581 - Guest has no graphic in virt-manager if graphic mode is vnc and listen type is none
• BZ - 1387218 - Disable support for SD disks
• BZ - 1387479 - Virt-install should set 'q35' as default machine type when installing guest with uefi to avoid black screen
• BZ - 1392990 - virt-install doesn't create sparse raw disk image by default
• BZ - 1399091 - Should update description for "keymap" in virt-install manual since it's available for both vnc and spice graphics
• BZ - 1401790 - virt-manager cannot open graphic of a remote guest with listen='127.0.0.1' after configure spice_password
• BZ - 1410722 - virt-manager shows wrong status for DHCP mode in 'Network Interface' page
• BZ - 1422472 - Rebase virt-manager to current upstream release
• BZ - 1433239 - same warning messages are printed multiple times
• BZ - 1434551 - No password is required to connect to guest with graphics password configured
• BZ - 1435064 - Error prompt when try to clone a uefi guest again after stop&delete "vram" pool firstly
• BZ - 1435806 - Busted italian translation breaks virt-manager
• BZ - 1441902 - virt-manager shows wrong domain status when click "Begin Installation" failed for second time
• BZ - 1445198 - virt-install cannot create a new image by source/volume path format
• BZ - 1445714 - print meaningful error message while connecting to remote guest console for VNC with listen type equals none
• BZ - 1449509 - virt-manager prints error for network interface without an IP address
• BZ - 1450311 - Failed to install guest on remote rhel6.9 connection

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/7.4_Release_Notes/index.html