- Issued:
- 2011-12-06
- Updated:
- 2011-12-06
RHEA-2011:1556 - virt-what bug fix and enhancement update
Synopsis
virt-what bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Topic
An updated virt-what package that fixes several bugs and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The virt-what package provides a command line tool that is used to detect whether the operating system is running inside a virtual machine.
The virt-what package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.11, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#672211)
In addition, this updated virt-what package fixes the following bug:
- On the 64-bit x86 architecture, if the user configured a CPU model for the virtual machine, the virt-what utility failed to detect that the guest was running inside a virtual machine. The order of tests has been rearranged, fixing the problem. (BZ#707524)
Users of virt-what are advised to upgrade to this updated package which fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via 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
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- virt-what-1.11-1.1.el6.i686.rpm
- virt-what-debuginfo-1.11-1.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
- virt-what-debuginfo-1.11-1.1.el6.s390x.rpm
- virt-what-debuginfo-1.11-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
- virt-what-1.11-1.1.el6.src.rpm
- virt-what-1.11-1.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
- virt-what-1.11-1.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
- virt-what-1.11-1.1.el6.s390x.rpm
- virt-what-debuginfo-1.11-1.1.el6.i686.rpm
Fixes
- This content is not included.BZ - 672211
- This content is not included.BZ - 707524
- This content is not included.BZ - 708505
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.