Issued:
2014-09-16
Updated:
2014-09-16

RHBA-2014:1221 - kvm bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

kvm bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems. KVM is a Linux kernel module built for the standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel.

The kvm packages have been updated to work with the version of the Linux kernel shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11.

Users of kvm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements. Note: The procedure in the Solution section must be performed before this update will take effect.

Solution

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/articles/11258

The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect:

  1. Stop all KVM guest virtual machines.

  2. Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd.

  3. Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64

Updated Packages

  • kvm-83-268.el5.src.rpm
  • kvm-debuginfo-83-268.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • kvm-qemu-img-83-268.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • kmod-kvm-83-268.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • kvm-83-268.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • kmod-kvm-debug-83-268.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • kvm-tools-83-268.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information