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Fedora 25: FEDORA-2017-84ed105d3e Moderate: Xen Memory Leak

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Calendar Grey February 20, 2017
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Fedora 25 users must be aware of crucial updates addressing memory leaks in Xen. Check patches XSA-207 and XSA-208 to ensure system security and stability. Apply updates quickly
memory leak when destroying guest without PT devices [XSA-207] (#1422492) update patches for XSA-208 after upstream revision (no functional change)

Summary

This package contains the XenD daemon and xm command line

tools, needed to manage virtual machines running under the

Xen hypervisor

Update Information:

memory leak when destroying guest without PT devices [XSA-207] (#1422492) update patches for XSA-208 after upstream revision (no functional change)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Fedora memory leak hypervisor Xen update patch

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1418277 - xsa207 xen: memory leak when destroying guest without PT devices (XSA-207) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418277

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade xen' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Name: xen
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 4.7.1
Release: 8.fc25
URL: https://xenproject.org/
Summary: Xen is a virtual machine monitor

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Fedora memory leak hypervisor Xen update patch

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