Issued:
2013-05-21
Updated:
2013-05-21

RHBA-2013:0846 - xen bug fix update

Synopsis

xen bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated xen packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

Xen is a high-performance and secure open-source virtualization framework. The xen packages contain administration tools and the xend service for managing the kernel-xen kernel for virtualization on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Due to a lack of support for set affinity in systems with more than 64 CPU cores, it was not possible to use Xen with such systems as any excess CPUs were reported as idle. With this update, systems with large number of CPU cores are detected and Xen Hypervisor can handle them as expected. (BZ#960013)

Users of xen are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.9x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.9ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.9i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI5.9x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI5.9i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.9x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.9ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.9i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • xen-3.0.3-142.el5_9.3.x86_64.rpm
  • xen-devel-3.0.3-142.el5_9.3.x86_64.rpm
  • xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-142.el5_9.3.ia64.rpm
  • xen-3.0.3-142.el5_9.3.src.rpm
  • xen-libs-3.0.3-142.el5_9.3.ia64.rpm
  • xen-3.0.3-142.el5_9.3.ia64.rpm
  • xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-142.el5_9.3.i386.rpm
  • xen-devel-3.0.3-142.el5_9.3.i386.rpm
  • xen-3.0.3-142.el5_9.3.i386.rpm
  • xen-devel-3.0.3-142.el5_9.3.ia64.rpm
  • xen-libs-3.0.3-142.el5_9.3.i386.rpm
  • xen-libs-3.0.3-142.el5_9.3.x86_64.rpm
  • xen-debuginfo-3.0.3-142.el5_9.3.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information