- Issued:
- 2017-09-05
- Updated:
- 2017-09-05
RHEA-2017:2594 - libvirt bug fix update
Synopsis
libvirt bug fix update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory None
Topic
Updated libvirt packages that add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Description
The libvirt library contains a C API for managing and interacting with the virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems. In addition, libvirt provides tools for remote management of virtualized systems.
This update adds the following enhancement:
- This update introduces the tx_queue_size attribute for the
element of the "vhostuser" interface XML configuration. Changing the attribute's value modifies the virtio buffer size, which can prevent performance problems in environments with high network throughput, such as Nova deployments. The possible values for tx_queue_size are 256, 512, and 1024. (BZ#1482514)
Users of libvirt are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement. After installing the updated packages, libvirtd will be restarted automatically.
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/11258
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization | 4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Virtualization | 3 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Virtualization for IBM Power LE | 4 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Virtualization for IBM Power LE | 3 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise | 3 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 7.7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 7.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 7.4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 7.7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 7.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 7.5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 7.4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing | 7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian | 7 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support | 7.7 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support | 7.6 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support | 7.5 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support | 7.4 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 7 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 7.7 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 7.6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 7.5 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 7.4 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 7 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 7.7 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 7.6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 7.5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 7.4 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 7.7 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 7.6 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 7.4 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS | 7.7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS | 7.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS | 7.4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian | 7 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian | 7 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) | 7 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 7.7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 7.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 7.4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node | 7.7 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node | 7.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node | 7.5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node | 7.4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 7 | x86_64 |
Updated Packages
- libvirt-client-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-network-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-debuginfo-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-libs-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-debuginfo-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-config-network-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-docs-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-lxc-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-libs-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc.rpm
- libvirt-docs-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-client-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-devel-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-libs-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-devel-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-network-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-lock-sanlock-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-debuginfo-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-kvm-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-debuginfo-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-client-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.i686.rpm
- libvirt-debuginfo-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.i686.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-lock-sanlock-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-login-shell-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-login-shell-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-devel-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-login-shell-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-login-shell-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-admin-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-network-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-config-network-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-libs-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-debuginfo-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390.rpm
- libvirt-nss-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-client-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-nss-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-admin-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-devel-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390.rpm
- libvirt-docs-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-lxc-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-nss-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-devel-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.i686.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-libs-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-nss-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-kvm-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-nss-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-config-network-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-nss-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-client-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-libs-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.i686.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-devel-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-devel-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-docs-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-config-network-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-admin-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-libs-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-network-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-client-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.src.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-lxc-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-admin-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390x.rpm
- libvirt-client-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.s390.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-nss-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.i686.rpm
- libvirt-daemon-lxc-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-debuginfo-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.x86_64.rpm
- libvirt-lock-sanlock-3.2.0-14.el7_4.3.ppc64le.rpm
Fixes
(none)
CVEs
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References
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