[El-errata] ELSA-2010-0627 Important: Enterprise Linux 5 kvm security and bug fix update

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Thu Aug 19 20:03:04 PDT 2010


Enterprise Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2010-0627

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0627.html

The following updated rpms for Enterprise Linux 5 have been uploaded to 
the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
kmod-kvm-83-164.0.1.el5_5.21.x86_64.rpm
kvm-83-164.0.1.el5_5.21.x86_64.rpm
kvm-qemu-img-83-164.0.1.el5_5.21.x86_64.rpm
kvm-tools-83-164.0.1.el5_5.21.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el5/SRPMS-updates/kvm-83-164.0.1.el5_5.21.src.rpm


Description of changes:


[kvm-83-164.0.1.el5_5.21]
- Added kvm-add-oracle-workaround-for-libvirt-bug.patch
- Added kvm-Introduce-oel-machine-type.patch

[kvm-83-164.el5_5.21]
- kvm-Fix-segfault-in-mmio-subpage-handling-code.patch [bz#619412]
- Resolves: bz#619412
  (CVE-2010-2784 qemu: insufficient constraints checking in 
exec.c:subpage_register() [rhel-5.5.z])

[kvm-83-164.el5_5.20]
- kvm-virtio-net-correct-packet-length-checks.patch [bz#610343]
- Resolves: bz#610343
  (Virtio: Transfer file caused guest in same vlan abnormally quit)

[kvm-83-164.el5_5.19]
- kvm-qcow2-Fix-qemu-img-check-segfault-on-corrupted-image.patch [bz#610342]
- kvm-qcow2-Don-t-try-to-check-tables-that-couldn-t-be-loa.patch [bz#610342]
- kvm-qemu-img-check-Distinguish-different-kinds-of-errors.patch [bz#618206]
- kvm-qcow2-Change-check-to-distinguish-error-cases.patch [bz#618206]
- Resolves: bz#610342
  ([kvm] segmentation fault when running qemu-img check on faulty image)
- Resolves: bz#618206
  ([kvm] qemu image check returns cluster errors when using virtIO block 
(thinly provisioned) during e_no_space events (along with EIO errors))

[kvm-83-164.el5_5.18]
- kvm-New-slots-need-dirty-tracking-enabled-when-migrating.patch [bz#618205]
- Resolves: bz#618205
  (SPICE - race in KVM/Spice would cause migration to fail (slots are 
not registered properly?))

[kvm-83-164.el5_5.17]
- kvm-kernel-KVM-MMU-fix-conflict-access-permissions-in-direct-sp.patch 
[bz#616796]
- Resolves: bz#616796
  (KVM uses wrong permissions for large guest pages)

[kvm-83-164.el5_5.16]
- kvm-kernel-fix-null-pointer-dereference.patch [bz#570531]
  - Resolves: bz#570531
  - CVE: CVE-2010-0435
- kvm-qemu-fix-unsafe-ring-handling.patch [bz#568816]
  - Resolves: bz#568816
  - CVE: CVE-2010-0431





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