Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:1566 - fence-virt bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

fence-virt bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated fence-virt packages that fix two bugs and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The fence-virt packages provide a fencing agent for virtual machines as well as a host agent which processes fencing requests.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, the domain parameter was missing from the metadata. As a consequence, existing configurations utilizing the domain parameter did not function correctly when fencing. This update adds the domain parameter for compatibility. Now, existing configurations work as expected. (BZ#719645)

  • Prior to this update, hash mismatches falsely returned successes for fencing. As a consequence, data corruption could occur in live-hang scenarios. This update corrects the hash handling of mismatches. Now, no more false successes are returned and the data integrity is preserved. (BZ#720767)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

  • With this update, the libvirt-qpid plugin now operates using QMF version 2. (BZ#691200)

All users of fence-virt are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add this enhancement.

Solution

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

This update is available via the 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 for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_646x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_646i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability for x86_646x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability for x86_646i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • fence-virtd-0.2.3-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • fence-virtd-libvirt-qpid-0.2.3-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fence-virtd-checkpoint-0.2.3-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • fence-virt-0.2.3-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • fence-virtd-serial-0.2.3-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fence-virt-0.2.3-5.el6.src.rpm
  • fence-virt-0.2.3-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fence-virtd-multicast-0.2.3-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fence-virtd-0.2.3-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fence-virt-debuginfo-0.2.3-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fence-virtd-serial-0.2.3-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • fence-virtd-libvirt-qpid-0.2.3-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • fence-virtd-libvirt-0.2.3-5.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • fence-virt-debuginfo-0.2.3-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • fence-virtd-multicast-0.2.3-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • fence-virtd-libvirt-0.2.3-5.el6.i686.rpm
  • fence-virtd-checkpoint-0.2.3-5.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information