Issued:
2019-01-29
Updated:
2019-01-29

RHBA-2019:0209 - qemu-kvm-rhev bug fix update

Synopsis

qemu-kvm-rhev bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

An updated qemu-kvm-rhev packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Virtualization Host 7.

Description

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm-rhev packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM in environments managed by Red Hat products.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, Windows guest use too much cpu during idle state due to missing timer device. This updates re-enable hyper-v enlightment so the Windows behave correctly during idle state (BZ1638835)

Users of qemu-kvm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages. After installing this update, shut down all running virtual machines. Once all virtual machines have shut down, start them again for this update to take effect.

Solution

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

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/2974891

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Virtualization4x86_64
Red Hat Virtualization for IBM Power LE4ppc64le
Red Hat Virtualization Manager4.2x86_64

Updated Packages

  • qemu-kvm-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.3.ppc64le.rpm
  • qemu-kvm-rhev-debuginfo-2.12.0-18.el7_6.3.ppc64le.rpm
  • qemu-kvm-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.3.src.rpm
  • qemu-kvm-common-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.3.ppc64le.rpm
  • qemu-img-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.3.x86_64.rpm
  • qemu-kvm-common-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.3.x86_64.rpm
  • qemu-kvm-tools-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.3.ppc64le.rpm
  • qemu-kvm-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.3.x86_64.rpm
  • qemu-kvm-rhev-debuginfo-2.12.0-18.el7_6.3.x86_64.rpm
  • qemu-img-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.3.ppc64le.rpm
  • qemu-kvm-tools-rhev-2.12.0-18.el7_6.3.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information