- Issued:
- 2011-03-21
- Updated:
- 2011-03-21
RHBA-2011:0366 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
kmod-xenpv bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated kmod-xenpv packages that resolve an issue are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4.
Description
The kmod-xenpv package provides para-virtualized balloon, pci, block device, and
network drivers for Xen guests. Installation of the package is normally not
required, as these drivers are normally shipped inside the kernel-xenU package.
The exception is the IA64 architecture, for which there is no kernel-xenU
package, and the para-virtualized drivers are only available via the kmod-xenpv
package.
These updated kmod-xenpv packages fix the following bug:
- Structure corruption in network devices caused system crashes in Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4.8. This issue has been fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4.8.z (BZ#624364, RHSA-2010-0779) and in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.9
(BZ#620485, RHSA-2011-0263). Applying these updates prevented the corruption but
also prevented the Itanium para-virtualized network driver from working in an
HVM guest. With this update, the kmod-xenpv package adds the network driver code
to the fix introduced in RHSA-2010-0779 and RHSA-2011-0263, thus, reestablishing
the prior para-virtualized network driver functionality. (BZ#663537)
All users of kmod-xenpv are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve this issue.
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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
xenpv-0.1-17.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 647d1f21c364ed7ef53537392f7b5ffefadac3b76c919652b1453c1ad3188884 |
x86_64 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 282792ce138aa37c4635995d853712c46624d10843724ba2cd26d84d09f2c3bf |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 282792ce138aa37c4635995d853712c46624d10843724ba2cd26d84d09f2c3bf |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 64884d22b91e6a6c3635251ff551bcc1cfcde0c485a647b7cd419ed3c0c01365 |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 64884d22b91e6a6c3635251ff551bcc1cfcde0c485a647b7cd419ed3c0c01365 |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3cd99d276f60f8a86f33ee8ea653babead7680444b903fe9eedf8c29ab968777 |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3cd99d276f60f8a86f33ee8ea653babead7680444b903fe9eedf8c29ab968777 |
ia64 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-17.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: c4943a35293de5bfce99973480b0b9d35081ce19b16c2abffa9ad8bfadc846bf |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-17.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: c4943a35293de5bfce99973480b0b9d35081ce19b16c2abffa9ad8bfadc846bf |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-17.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 35bdee73e1d263888110e9c5962b95d5fc7c5e38e17e5a842420936c94bfc614 |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-17.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 35bdee73e1d263888110e9c5962b95d5fc7c5e38e17e5a842420936c94bfc614 |
i386 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: b23f8b69396d04331d1a656f2b5e8e5c45e3c737d672ffc14e52a020695b96df |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: b23f8b69396d04331d1a656f2b5e8e5c45e3c737d672ffc14e52a020695b96df |
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 733a5c44ce0710d2a19d1e8c8e9a2ff82e0b7ad2f8103ff7abedf5fd252aa83f |
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 733a5c44ce0710d2a19d1e8c8e9a2ff82e0b7ad2f8103ff7abedf5fd252aa83f |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 5693c9f91b73dc570b45c4d6a45536c61fd6ad869f0178261b0df28015fb82fc |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 5693c9f91b73dc570b45c4d6a45536c61fd6ad869f0178261b0df28015fb82fc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4.8
SRPM | |
---|---|
xenpv-0.1-17.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 647d1f21c364ed7ef53537392f7b5ffefadac3b76c919652b1453c1ad3188884 |
x86_64 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 282792ce138aa37c4635995d853712c46624d10843724ba2cd26d84d09f2c3bf |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 282792ce138aa37c4635995d853712c46624d10843724ba2cd26d84d09f2c3bf |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 64884d22b91e6a6c3635251ff551bcc1cfcde0c485a647b7cd419ed3c0c01365 |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 64884d22b91e6a6c3635251ff551bcc1cfcde0c485a647b7cd419ed3c0c01365 |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3cd99d276f60f8a86f33ee8ea653babead7680444b903fe9eedf8c29ab968777 |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3cd99d276f60f8a86f33ee8ea653babead7680444b903fe9eedf8c29ab968777 |
ia64 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-17.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: c4943a35293de5bfce99973480b0b9d35081ce19b16c2abffa9ad8bfadc846bf |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-17.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: c4943a35293de5bfce99973480b0b9d35081ce19b16c2abffa9ad8bfadc846bf |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-17.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 35bdee73e1d263888110e9c5962b95d5fc7c5e38e17e5a842420936c94bfc614 |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-17.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 35bdee73e1d263888110e9c5962b95d5fc7c5e38e17e5a842420936c94bfc614 |
i386 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: b23f8b69396d04331d1a656f2b5e8e5c45e3c737d672ffc14e52a020695b96df |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: b23f8b69396d04331d1a656f2b5e8e5c45e3c737d672ffc14e52a020695b96df |
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 733a5c44ce0710d2a19d1e8c8e9a2ff82e0b7ad2f8103ff7abedf5fd252aa83f |
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 733a5c44ce0710d2a19d1e8c8e9a2ff82e0b7ad2f8103ff7abedf5fd252aa83f |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 5693c9f91b73dc570b45c4d6a45536c61fd6ad869f0178261b0df28015fb82fc |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 5693c9f91b73dc570b45c4d6a45536c61fd6ad869f0178261b0df28015fb82fc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
xenpv-0.1-17.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 647d1f21c364ed7ef53537392f7b5ffefadac3b76c919652b1453c1ad3188884 |
x86_64 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 282792ce138aa37c4635995d853712c46624d10843724ba2cd26d84d09f2c3bf |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 64884d22b91e6a6c3635251ff551bcc1cfcde0c485a647b7cd419ed3c0c01365 |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3cd99d276f60f8a86f33ee8ea653babead7680444b903fe9eedf8c29ab968777 |
ia64 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-17.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: c4943a35293de5bfce99973480b0b9d35081ce19b16c2abffa9ad8bfadc846bf |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-17.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 35bdee73e1d263888110e9c5962b95d5fc7c5e38e17e5a842420936c94bfc614 |
i386 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: b23f8b69396d04331d1a656f2b5e8e5c45e3c737d672ffc14e52a020695b96df |
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 733a5c44ce0710d2a19d1e8c8e9a2ff82e0b7ad2f8103ff7abedf5fd252aa83f |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 5693c9f91b73dc570b45c4d6a45536c61fd6ad869f0178261b0df28015fb82fc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
xenpv-0.1-17.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 647d1f21c364ed7ef53537392f7b5ffefadac3b76c919652b1453c1ad3188884 |
x86_64 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 282792ce138aa37c4635995d853712c46624d10843724ba2cd26d84d09f2c3bf |
kmod-xenpv-largesmp-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 64884d22b91e6a6c3635251ff551bcc1cfcde0c485a647b7cd419ed3c0c01365 |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-17.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3cd99d276f60f8a86f33ee8ea653babead7680444b903fe9eedf8c29ab968777 |
i386 | |
kmod-xenpv-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: b23f8b69396d04331d1a656f2b5e8e5c45e3c737d672ffc14e52a020695b96df |
kmod-xenpv-hugemem-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 733a5c44ce0710d2a19d1e8c8e9a2ff82e0b7ad2f8103ff7abedf5fd252aa83f |
kmod-xenpv-smp-0.1-17.el4.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 5693c9f91b73dc570b45c4d6a45536c61fd6ad869f0178261b0df28015fb82fc |
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