Issued:
2011-07-21
Updated:
2011-07-21

RHBA-2011:1068 - kvm bug fix update

Synopsis

kvm bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated kvm packages that fix various bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions. It consists of a loadable kernel module, kvm.ko, that provides the core virtualization infrastructure and a processor specific module, kvm-intel.ko or kvm-amd.ko.

These updated kvm packages include a number of bug fixes. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 Technical Notes for information about these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.7_Technical_Notes/kvm.html#RHBA-2011-1068

All users of kvm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which which provide numerous bug fixes. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64

Updated Packages

  • kmod-kvm-83-239.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • kvm-83-239.el5.src.rpm
  • kvm-tools-83-239.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • kmod-kvm-debug-83-239.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • kvm-qemu-img-83-239.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • kvm-83-239.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

Additional information