Scientific Linux SL5.0: Errata for Xen/Libvirt Moderate Update

Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 10:35:35 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for xen/libvirt on SL5.0 i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: xen/libvirt security & bug update
Issue date:	2007-12-06

NOTE1: The xen update needs to be applied with the new kernel
kernel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5. Because a kernel does not automatically get updated,
but the xen libraries do (by default) it is best to upgrade them both at the
same time, and then reboot into the new kernel.

Updating both the kernel and xen is because the new kernel has changed the way
that it works with xen. So upgrading and booting into the new kernel will
break your old xen. And updating xen and trying to restart xen domains in your
old kernel will not work either.

Updating the xen libraries will not affect currently running virtual machines,
but will prevent any new ones being started or rebooted, until you have booted
into the new kernel.

NOTE2: This xen/kernel update is only really needed for the master virtual
machine (Dom 0). Virtual machines can update their kernels without any problems.

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5.src.rpm
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.sl5.2.src.rpm
virt-manager-0.4.0-3.el5.src.rpm
xen-3.0.3-41.el5.src.rpm
 i386:
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5.i386.rpm
libvirt-devel-0.2.3-9.el5.i386.rpm
libvirt-python-0.2.3-9.el5.i386.rpm
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.sl5.2.noarch.rpm
virt-manager-0.4.0-3.el5.i386.rpm
xen-3.0.3-41.el5.i386.rpm
xen-devel-3.0.3-41.el5.i386.rpm
xen-libs-3.0.3-41.el5.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5.i386.rpm
libvirt-0.2.3-9.el5.x86_64.rpm
libvirt-devel-0.2.3-9.el5.i386.rpm
libvirt-devel-0.2.3-9.el5.x86_64.rpm
libvirt-python-0.2.3-9.el5.x86_64.rpm
python-virtinst-0.103.0-3.sl5.2.noarch.rpm
virt-manager-0.4.0-3.el5.x86_64.rpm
xen-3.0.3-41.el5.x86_64.rpm
xen-devel-3.0.3-41.el5.i386.rpm
xen-devel-3.0.3-41.el5.x86_64.rpm
xen-libs-3.0.3-41.el5.i386.rpm
xen-libs-3.0.3-41.el5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson