Issued:
2012-05-22
Updated:
2012-05-22

RHBA-2012:0685 - libvirt bug fix update

Synopsis

libvirt bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated libvirt packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Update Support.

Description

The libvirt library is a C API for managing and interacting with the virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • An application using the libvirt shared library could terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault when the application tried to unload the library using the dlclose() function. This could happen for example when shutting down the tog-pegasus utility while the libvirt-cim provider was in use. This update modifies linking properties of the library so that the library now prevents itself from being unloaded from memory. Applications using the libvirt shared library no longer crash in the described scenario. (BZ#816980)

All users of libvirt are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug. After installing these updated packages, libvirtd must be restarted. Use the "service libvirtd restart" command for this update to take effect.

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 Virtual Storage Appliance (from RHUI)6.1x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.1x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.1i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support6.1ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support6.1s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.1x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.1i386

Updated Packages

  • libvirt-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.s390x.rpm
  • libvirt-debuginfo-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.x86_64.rpm
  • libvirt-client-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.i686.rpm
  • libvirt-client-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.x86_64.rpm
  • libvirt-debuginfo-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.ppc64.rpm
  • libvirt-devel-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.s390x.rpm
  • libvirt-devel-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.ppc.rpm
  • libvirt-devel-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.x86_64.rpm
  • libvirt-python-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.x86_64.rpm
  • libvirt-client-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.s390x.rpm
  • libvirt-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.x86_64.rpm
  • libvirt-python-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.ppc64.rpm
  • libvirt-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.i686.rpm
  • libvirt-python-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.i686.rpm
  • libvirt-client-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.ppc.rpm
  • libvirt-debuginfo-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.s390.rpm
  • libvirt-client-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.ppc64.rpm
  • libvirt-debuginfo-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.s390x.rpm
  • libvirt-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.ppc64.rpm
  • libvirt-devel-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.s390.rpm
  • libvirt-debuginfo-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.i686.rpm
  • libvirt-python-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.s390x.rpm
  • libvirt-devel-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.i686.rpm
  • libvirt-debuginfo-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.ppc.rpm
  • libvirt-devel-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.ppc64.rpm
  • libvirt-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.src.rpm
  • libvirt-client-0.8.7-18.el6_1.5.s390.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

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References

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