Xen: Collective 2012/02 Update

This collective update 2012/02 for Xen provides fixes for
the following reports:

Xen ===
- 649209: Fix Xen live migrations being slow
- 683580: Fix hangs during boot up after the message
"Enabled directed EOI with ioapic_ack_old on!
- 691256: unable to open a connection to the XEN Hypervisor
- 694863: Fix kexec fails in xen
- 701686: kdump hangs on megaraid_sas driver
- 704160: crm resource migrate fails with xen machines
- 706106: Fix Inconsistent reporting of VM names during
migration
- 706574: xm console DomUName hang after "xm save/restore"
of PVM on the latest Xen
- 712051: Fix xen: IOMMU fault livelock
- 712823: Xen guest does not start reliable when rebooted
- 714183: Since last update Xen VM's don't start if the
name contains dots (as in 'example.mydomain.com')
- 715655: No support for performance counters for Westmere
E7-8837 and SandyBridge i5-2500
- 716695: dom-us using tap devices will not start
- 725169: xen-4.0.2_21511_03-0.5.3: bootup hangs
- 726332: Xen changeset 21326 introduces considerable
performance hit
- 727515: Fragmented packets hang network boot of HVM guest
- 732782: xm create hangs when maxmen value is enclosed in
"quotes"
- 734826: xm rename doesn't work anymore
- 736824: Microcode patches for AMD's 15h processors panic
the system
- 739585: Xen block-attach fails after repeated
attach/detach
- 740165: Fix heap overflow in e1000 device emulation

libvirt =======
- 728681: libvirtd litters syslog with
"interfaceGetXMLDesc:355 : internal error" messages when
using virt-manager

virt-utils ==========

- Add Support for creating images that can be run on
Microsoft Hyper-V host (Fix vpc file format. Add support
for fixed disks)

Fixed bugs
bnc#728681
libvirtd litters syslog with "interfaceGetXMLDesc:355 : internal error" messages when using virt-manager
bnc#649209
Xen live migrations slow
bnc#683580
Xen Hypervisor occasionally hangs forever during boot up after the message "Enabled directed EOI with ioapic_ack_old on!
bnc#691256
unable to open a connection to the XEN Hypervisor
bnc#694863
kexec fails in xen
bnc#701686
kdump hangs on megaraid_sas driver
bnc#704160
crm resource migrate fails with xen machines
bnc#706106
Inconsistent reporting of VM names during migration
bnc#706574
xm console DomUName hang after "xm save/restore" of PVM on the latest Xen
bnc#712051
VUL-1: xen: IOMMU fault livelock
bnc#712823
Xen guest does not start reliable when rebooted
bnc#714183
Since last update Xen VMs dont start if the name contains dots (as in example.mydomain.com)
bnc#715655
No support for performance counters for Westmere E7-8837 and SandyBridge i5-2500
bnc#716695
dom-us using tap devices will not start
bnc#725169
xen-4.0.2_21511_03-0.5.3: bootup hangs
bnc#726332
Xen changeset 21326 introduces considerable performance hit
bnc#727515
Fragmented packets hang network boot of HVM guest
bnc#732782
xm create hangs when maxmen value is enclosed in "quotes"
bnc#734826
xm rename doesnt work anymore
bnc#736824
Microcode patches for AMDs 15h processors panic the system
bnc#739585
Xen block-attach fails after repeated attach/detach
bnc#740165
VUL-0: kvm: qemu heap overflow in e1000 device emulation
CVE#CVE-2012-0029
Heap-based buffer overflow in the process_tx_desc function in the e1000 emulation (hw/e1000.c) in qemu-kvm 0.12, and possibly other versions, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted l
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