Issued:
2011-07-31
Updated:
2011-07-31

RHEA-2011:1108 - qemu-kvm enhancement update

Synopsis

qemu-kvm enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Enhanced qemu-kvm packages are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on AMD64 and Intel 64 systems that is built into the standard Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel. The qemu-kvm packages form the user-space component for running virtual machines using KVM.

These updated qemu-kvm packages add the following enhancement:

  • Prior to this updated, a support statement in the text issued by the "qemu-kvm --help" command contained the following lines:

    WARNING: Direct use of qemu-kvm from the command line is unsupported. WARNING: Only use via libvirt. WARNING: Some options listed here may not be available in future releases.

With this update, this support statement has been modified to be more accurate, and it no longer claims that direct use of this command from the command line is unsupported: using qemu-kvm from the command line is just not recommended. Instead, Red Hat recommends using the libvirt tool as the stable management interface. (BZ#725543)

Users of qemu-kvm may want to upgrade to these updated packages, which 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 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 Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.1x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64

Updated Packages

  • qemu-img-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.6.x86_64.rpm
  • qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.6.x86_64.rpm
  • qemu-kvm-debuginfo-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.6.x86_64.rpm
  • qemu-kvm-tools-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.6.x86_64.rpm
  • qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6_1.6.src.rpm

Fixes

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CVEs

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References

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Additional information