RHBA-2019:2238 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for xorg-x11-drv-qxl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The xorg-x11-drv-qxl package provides an X11 video driver for QEMU QXL video accelerator. This driver makes it possible to use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 as a guest operating system under the KVM kernel module and the QEMU multiplatform emulator, using the Simple Protocol for Computing Environments (SPICE).

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of xorg-x11-drv-qxl 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 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, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

• BZ - 1640918 - Switching users in GNOME session is starting new X servers for the user, and a user logout is making it unusable.

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.7_release_notes/index