(RHSA-2017:1431) Important: qemu-kvm-rhev security and bug fix update

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on a variety of architectures. The qemu-kvm-rhev packages provide the user-space component for running virtual machines that use KVM in environments managed by Red Hat products.

Security Fix(es):

• An out-of-bounds access issue was found in QEMU’s Cirrus CLGD 54xx VGA Emulator support. The vulnerability could occur while copying VGA data using bitblt functions (for example, cirrus_bitblt_rop_fwd_transp_). A privileged user inside a guest could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process, resulting in denial of service. (CVE-2017-7718)

Red Hat would like to thank Jiangxin (PSIRT Huawei Inc.) for reporting
CVE-2017-7718.

Bug Fix(es):

• When using post-copy migration with the virtio Random Number Generator (RNG) device, virtio-rng continued generating data while the migration was already in post-copy mode. Consequently, the migration sometimes failed and the error message “Failed to load virtio-rng:virtio” was displayed. The source code has been improved and the problem no longer occurs in the scenario described. (BZ#1450375)