[El-errata] ELSA-2012-0676 Moderate: Oracle Linux 5 kvm security and bug fix update

Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux el-errata at oss.oracle.com
Tue May 22 13:17:28 PDT 2012


Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2012-0676

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0676.html

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

x86_64:
kmod-kvm-83-249.0.1.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm
kmod-kvm-debug-83-249.0.1.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm
kvm-83-249.0.1.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm
kvm-qemu-img-83-249.0.1.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm
kvm-tools-83-249.0.1.el5_8.4.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol5/SRPMS-updates/kvm-83-249.0.1.el5_8.4.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[kvm-83-249.0.1.el5_8.4]
- Added kvm-add-oracle-workaround-for-libvirt-bug.patch
- Added kvm-Introduce-oel-machine-type.patch

[kvm-83-249.el5_8.4]
- kvm-kernel-KVM-unmap-pages-from-the-iommu-when-slots-are-remove.patch 
[bz#814151]
- CVE: CVE-2012-2121
- Resolves: bz#814151
   (CVE-2012-2121 kvm: device assignment page leak [rhel-5.8])

[kvm-83-249.el5_8.3]
- kvm-fix-l1_map-buffer-overflow.patch [bz#816207]
- Resolves: bz#816207
   (qemu-kvm segfault in tb_invalidate_phys_page_range())

[kvm-83-249.el5_8.2]
- kvm-kernel-KVM-Ensure-all-vcpus-are-consistent-with-in-kernel-i.patch 
[bz#808205]
- Resolves: bz#808205
   (CVE-2012-1601 kernel: kvm: irqchip_in_kernel() and vcpu->arch.apic 
inconsistency [rhel-5.8.z])

[kvm-83-249.el5_8.1]
- kvm-posix-aio-compat-fix-thread-accounting-leak.patch [bz#802429]
- Resolves: bz#802429
   ([RHEL5.8 Snapshot2]RHEL5.8 KVMGuest hung during Guest OS booting up)





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