(RHSA-2020:0730) Important: qemu-kvm-rhev security, bug fix, and enhancement 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):

• hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA) (CVE-2019-11135)

• QEMU: block: iscsi: OOB heap access via an unexpected response of iSCSI Server (CVE-2020-1711)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es):

• [Intel 7.6.z Bug] [KVM][CLX] CPUID_7_0_EDX_ARCH_CAPABILITIES is not enabled in VM qemu-kvm-rhev (BZ#1730601)

• qemu-kvm-rhev: backport cpuidle-haltpoll support (BZ#1746281)

Enhancement(s):

• [Intel 7.7 FEAT] MDS_NO exposure to guest - qemu-kvm-rhev (BZ#1743632)