Bug Fix Advisory xen bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2009:1514-1
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-10-15
Last updated on: 2009-10-15
Affected Products: RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)
RHEL Virtualization EUS (v. 5.4.z server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.4.z server)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated xen packages that close a memory leak in xend are now available.

Xen is a high performance and secure open source virtualization framework.
Virtualization allows users to run guest operating systems in virtual
machines on top of a host operating system.

These updated xen packages fix the following bug:

* issuing an "xm info" command or any virsh commands caused xend to leak
memory. As well, xend's memory consumption grew very quickly in combination
with cluster suite, which uses virsh to monitor running guests. This update
fixes the underlying errors in the PyList_Append and PyDict_SetItemString
functions that caused the memory leaks. (BZ#528163)

All xen users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve this issue. Note: after installation, the xend service must be
restarted for this update to take effect.


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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
xen-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.src.rpm     5148929c4b7a1a1efe7db27d7ebaf6d6
 
IA-32:
xen-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.i386.rpm     27b0b86b90cb60d071bc96dfbff67a06
xen-devel-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.i386.rpm     1dc6e459048259c0bed22646437fcd84
 
x86_64:
xen-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm     5eff3ab79d6b263eed34bf034034cc26
xen-devel-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.i386.rpm     1dc6e459048259c0bed22646437fcd84
xen-devel-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm     d29935e3e24675473d536c8931c37817
 
RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
xen-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.src.rpm     5148929c4b7a1a1efe7db27d7ebaf6d6
 
IA-32:
xen-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.i386.rpm     27b0b86b90cb60d071bc96dfbff67a06
xen-devel-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.i386.rpm     1dc6e459048259c0bed22646437fcd84
 
IA-64:
xen-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.ia64.rpm     4aa7f5da8e7fffe7a35e584e10d8d63b
xen-devel-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.ia64.rpm     b71f2081df457654f9ff6c1d5f1e0e22
 
x86_64:
xen-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm     5eff3ab79d6b263eed34bf034034cc26
xen-devel-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.i386.rpm     1dc6e459048259c0bed22646437fcd84
xen-devel-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm     d29935e3e24675473d536c8931c37817
 
RHEL Virtualization EUS (v. 5.4.z server)

SRPMS:
xen-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.src.rpm     5148929c4b7a1a1efe7db27d7ebaf6d6
 
IA-32:
xen-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.i386.rpm     27b0b86b90cb60d071bc96dfbff67a06
xen-devel-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.i386.rpm     1dc6e459048259c0bed22646437fcd84
 
IA-64:
xen-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.ia64.rpm     4aa7f5da8e7fffe7a35e584e10d8d63b
xen-devel-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.ia64.rpm     b71f2081df457654f9ff6c1d5f1e0e22
 
x86_64:
xen-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm     5eff3ab79d6b263eed34bf034034cc26
xen-devel-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.i386.rpm     1dc6e459048259c0bed22646437fcd84
xen-devel-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm     d29935e3e24675473d536c8931c37817
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
xen-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.src.rpm     5148929c4b7a1a1efe7db27d7ebaf6d6
 
IA-32:
xen-libs-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.i386.rpm     ee5d45929c9268d759b99cdaef290efc
 
IA-64:
xen-libs-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.ia64.rpm     383fbb78259b01a6b849441d49de8141
 
x86_64:
xen-libs-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.i386.rpm     ee5d45929c9268d759b99cdaef290efc
xen-libs-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm     310a88d825498a5df55e30b067b7054c
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
xen-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.src.rpm     5148929c4b7a1a1efe7db27d7ebaf6d6
 
IA-32:
xen-libs-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.i386.rpm     ee5d45929c9268d759b99cdaef290efc
 
x86_64:
xen-libs-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.i386.rpm     ee5d45929c9268d759b99cdaef290efc
xen-libs-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm     310a88d825498a5df55e30b067b7054c
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.4.z server)

SRPMS:
xen-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.src.rpm     5148929c4b7a1a1efe7db27d7ebaf6d6
 
IA-32:
xen-libs-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.i386.rpm     ee5d45929c9268d759b99cdaef290efc
 
IA-64:
xen-libs-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.ia64.rpm     383fbb78259b01a6b849441d49de8141
 
x86_64:
xen-libs-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.i386.rpm     ee5d45929c9268d759b99cdaef290efc
xen-libs-3.0.3-94.el5_4.2.x86_64.rpm     310a88d825498a5df55e30b067b7054c
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

528163 - sluggish RHEL5.4 dom0 in Dev Virt Cluster



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