This is an archived page listing OpenVZ software updates for the year of 2013.
Latest updates are always available from News/updates page.
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Kernel RHEL6 042stab084.14
Security fixes for CVE-2013-2141, CVE-2013-4470.
Templates update (Dec 2013)
Added Fedora 20 templates (to beta). Fixed CentOS 5 bad default Apache config (#2832). Fixed yast GUI not working in SUSE 12.3 (#2842). Fixed non-working ip tool in CentOS 6.5 on top of RHEL5 OpenVZ kernel (#2843). All existing templates are updated.
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ploop 1.10
Create v2 format by default. Check/repair of sparse images. Support for RHEL5 host. Many bugfixes, enhancements and documentation updates.
Kernel RHEL5 testing 028stab110.1
Rebase to 2.6.18-371.3.1.el5 kernel (security and bug fixes, RHSA-2013:1790)
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab084.12
vzctl 4.6.1
Fixes in vzctl set for VSwap mode, ndsend, vzubc for Debian/mawk, vzlist, vzctl start.
Kernel RHEL5 testing 028stab109.3
Fix for futex FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET & FUTEX_CLOCK_REALTIME (broken in 028stab108 kernel).
Templates update (Nov 2013)
Ubuntu 13.04 moved out of beta. Debian 7 dist-upgrade fixed (#2647). All existing templates are updated.
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Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab084.10
Fixed iotop in containers, ipsec inside containers. Print BCID on oom-kill. Fixes and improvements in ploop, cpt, etc.
Kernel RHEL6 042stab083.2 (stable)
Rebase to RHEL6 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6 RHEL6.4 kernel (security and bug fixes). Fix a locking bug.
Kernel RHEL5 testing 028stab109.2
Rebase to RHEL5u10 2.6.18-371.el5 kernel (security, bug fixes, and enhancements).
vzctl 4.6
Added iolimit/iopslimit support, vm_overcommit parameter, auto setting secondary UBC in vswap mode, vzoversell tool, new vztmpl-dl options. Fixed quota on rhel5/ploop, vzeventd on newer kernels, Debian build, IA64 build. Improvements in initscripts, vzctl console, vzlist, vzpostinstall, vzubc, documentation.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab084.3
Rebase to 358.23.2.el6 kernel (security and bug fixes). Added vziolimit module (requires vzctl >= 4.6). ploop performance optimizations. Fixes for cpt, ploop v2, minor IPC memleak, /proc/PID/stat.
Kernel RHEL6 042stab081.8 (stable)
Fixes for ploop v2, minor IPC memleak, /proc/PID/stat
Templates update (Oct 2013)
Added Ubuntu 13.10 (to beta). Fedora 19 moved out of beta. Fedora 17 moved to unsupported (EOL). All existing templates are updated.
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Kernel RHEL6 042stab081.5 (stable)
Fix in ploop freeze ioctl, fs/lockdev fixes.
Debian Wheezy kernel repository
RHEL6-based kernels are now available for Debian Wheezy.
For more info, see Installation on Debian.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab082.6
Fixes in cpt/rst, NFS. Performance improvements in ploop.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab082.3
Fixes and improvements in CPT, UBC, NFS, ext4, net/ethtool.
vzstats 0.5.2
Removed top-ps script (#2704).
Kernel RHEL6 042stab081.3 (moved to stable)
Rebase to new RHEL6.4 kernel 2.6.32-358.18.1.el6 (security and bug fixes). Many fixes and improvements.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab081.3
Support 4K host device block size in ploop. Fix a soft lockup in audit.
Kernel RHEL5 028stab108.1 (moved to stable)
Rebase to rhel5 2.6.18-348.16.1.el5 kernel (security and bug fixes). Fixes and improvements.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab081.1
Rebase to new RHEL6.4 kernel 2.6.32-358.18.1.el6 (security and bug fixes). Bug fix in ploop.
vzctl 4.5.1
Fix for loading older (< 1.9) ploop library. Fix installing rpm for people using /var/lib/vz.
ploop 1.9
Versioned shared library, new ploop_get_devs() function, fixed make_fs(), raw device creation, return codes. Build system improvements.
Kernel RHEL5 testing 028stab108.1
Rebase to rhel5 2.6.18-348.16.1.el5 kernel (security and bug fixes). Fixes and improvements.
Kernel RHEL6 042stab079.6 (stable)
Fixed potential crash in venet for Broadcom bnx2 driver users
vzctl 4.5
New options in vztmpl-dl, support for upcoming ploop-1.9, lots of small fixes and improvements.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab080.13
Fixes and improvements in ub, ext4, cpt, oom, net.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab080.11
Fixes in ploop, cpt, ubc, fuse etc.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab080.9
Fixed a few bogus warnings and oopses.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab080.8
Dropped NFS quota rework patches. Fixed broken loadavg after checkpoint. Kernel provides fixed in RPM packages.
Kernel RHEL6 042stab079.5 (stable)
Fixed broken loadavg after checkpoint.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab080.7
NFS local quota rework. Performance optimizations in ploop, ext4, stat. Disable perf events inside containers.
Kernel RHEL6 042stab079.4 (moved to stable)
Rebase to 2.6.32-358.14.1.el6 RedHat kernel (security and bug fixes). Security fix for ploop and vzquota. Fixes and improvements in nfs4, netfilter, ubc, cgroups, vedev, cpt, scheduler.
Templates update (Jul 2013)
Added Fedora 19 (to beta). Debian-7, Ubuntu-13.04 moved out of beta. Ubuntu 8.04, 11.10 and SUSE 12.1 moved to unsupported (EOL). Debian 7 x86_64 bug fixed (#2607). All existing templates are updated.
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Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab079.4
This is a more conservative version of 042stab080.x kernel, with many significant reworks removed. Rebase to 2.6.32-358.14.1.el6 RedHat kernel (security and bug fixes). Security fix for ploop and vzquota. Fixes and improvements in nfs4, netfilter, ubc, cgroups, vedev, cpt, scheduler.
vzctl 4.4
New functionality: vz-postinstall script to set sysctl.conf and disable selinux; auto-propagation of name server and search domains from the host; stop-timeout option; vztmpl-dl script for templates download/update; vzmigrate option to ignore some pre-migration checks; vzmigrate ability to migrate to a host with different VE_ROOT/VE_PRIVATE. Many fixes and improvements, some documentation updates.
vzstats 0.5.1
Fix SSL problem on older systems.
vzstats 0.5
Use SSL when talking to stats.openvz.org, remove lspci script, minor fixes.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab080.3
Fixes in cgroup, vedev, nfs, pfcache. Performance optimizations. Ported fixes from 042stab078.27, .28.
Kernel RHEL6 042stab078.28 (stable)
Fix rare network configuration hang.
ploop 1.8
Added ploop convert (convert from/to v1/v2 image). Add option to run fsck for inner fs on mount. ploop fsck renamed to ploop check. Other bugfixes and improvements, documentation updates.
Kernel RHEL5 028stab107.2 (moved to stable)
Fix for CVE-2012-2224 (local DoS, #2648).
Kernel RHEL6 042stab078.27 (stable)
Fix for CVE-2012-2224 (local DoS, #2648)
Kernel RHEL5 testing 028stab107.2
Fix for CVE-2012-2224 (local DoS, #2648)
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab080.2
Fixes and improvements in ext4, ploop, vzquota, netfilter, sunrpc, namespaces.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab080.1
Rebase to 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 Red Hat kernel (security, bug fixes and enhancements)
Kernel RHEL6 042stab078.26 (moved to stable)
Stability fixes in ve/proc, ploop/ext4.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab078.26
Stability fixes in ve/proc, ploop/ext4.
Kernel RHEL6 042stab078.22 (stable)
Rebase to 2.6.32-358.6.2.el6 Red Hat kernel (security, bug fixes and enhancements). Fixes and improvements.
vzstats 0.4
Added top-ps script. Fixes and improvements. Support for configurable paths (for package maintainers).
ploop 1.7.1
Fixes: default image format is back to V1; added tmpfiles.d file for /var/lock/ploop; fixed creating strange directories under current dir
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab078.21
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab078.20
Fixes in fs, ubc, ploop/nfs, mm, ext4, cpt.
vzctl 4.3.1
Restore veth devices for criu. Fixed running mount scripts, snapshot-switch. Other fixes and improvements.
ploop 1.7
64 TB image size support. Lots of optimizations, improvements and bug fixes.
vzctl 4.3
New features: added vzctl snapshot-mount/umount, vzctl enter/exec now works for upstream kernel, user namespace support for upstream kernel, vzctl suspend/resume support for upstream kernel via criu, vzmigrate checks for CPT version and CPU flags. Added vzstats dependency. Lots of improvements and bug fixes.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab078.16
Templates update (May 2013)
Added Debian-7, Ubuntu-13.04 (to beta). Fedora 18 and OpenSUSE-12.3 moved out of beta. Fedora 16 moved to unsupported (EOL 2013-02-12). All existing templates are updated.
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Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab078.13
Rebase to RHEL6 kernel 2.6.32-358.6.2.el6. Fixes and improvements in CPT, OOM killer, ext3/ext4, shmem.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab078.11
Security fix for local root exploit aka CVE-2013-2094. Fixes and improvements in NFS, CPT, FUSE, ploop.
Kernel RHEL6 042stab076.8 (stable)
Security fix for local root exploit aka CVE-2013-2094
vzstats 0.3.2
Add options (--view, --status, --enable, --disable, and --help), a man page, proxy autodiscovery, lsbrelease script. Fixed vzlist script to work with older vzctl. Fixed %triggerin call from rpm.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab078.10
Fixes and improvements in FS, CPT, fairsched, MM.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab078.9
Kernel RHEL6 042stab076.7 (stable)
Number of security fixes backported from RHEL6.4 2.6.32-358.6.1.el6 kernel. Bug fix in ext4 resize.
Kernel RHEL5 028stab107.1 (moved to stable)
Rebase to 2.6.18-348.4.1.el5 kernel (security and bug fixes). Fixes in veth, nfs.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab078.7
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab078.6
Rebase to RHEL6.4 2.6.32-358.2.1.el6 kernel (security, bug fixes and enhancements). Fixes in ext4, fs, improvements in ubc.
Kernel RHEL5 testing 028stab107.1
Rebase to 2.6.18-348.4.1.el5 kernel (security and bug fixes). Fixes in veth, nfs.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab077.7
Fixes and improvements in CPT, fairsched, fs, tc, nfs, vzquota. Fixed bugs found by Trinity. Preparation for NFSv4 support in CT.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab077.3
Fixes and improvements in cpt, ubc, vfs, ext4, nfs.
Kernel RHEL5 028stab106.2 (stable)
Rebase to 2.6.18-348.3.1.el5 RHEL5.9 kernel (security, bug fixes and enhancements). Bug and stability fixes.
Kernel RHEL6 042stab076.5 (moved to stable)
Security fixes for CVE-2013-0228 and CVE-2013-0268 backported from 2.6.32-358.2.1.el6 RHEL6.4 kernel (RHSA-2013-0630). Fixes in NFS, ext4, cpt, scheduler etc.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab077.2
Improvements in cpuset, ploop, fuse, watchdog.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab076.5
Security fixes for CVE-2013-0228 and CVE-2013-0268 backported from 2.6.32-358.2.1.el6 RHEL6.4 kernel (RHSA-2013-0630).
Kernel RHEL5 028stab101.3
Backported two important security patches from RHEL5 2.6.18-348.3.1.el5 kernel (CVE 2013-0268, CVE 2013-0871)
Templates update (Mar 2013)
Added openSUSE-12.3 (to beta). Fixed scientific-6 templates to not contain packages from fastbugs (#2525). Ubuntu-11.04, openSUSE 11.3 and 11.4 moved to unsupported (past-EOL). All existing templates are updated.
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Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab076.3
Kernel RHEL5 testing 028stab106.1
Rebase to 2.6.18-348.3.1.el5 RHEL5.9 kernel (security, bug fixes and enhancements).
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab076.2
Fixes in nfs in ct, fs, tmpfs, ext4, cpt, pfcache, cpusched.
Kernel RHEL6 042stab075.2 (stable)
Backported a set of security patches from 2.6.32-358.el6 RHEL6.4 kernel.
Kernel RHEL6 042stab074.10 (stable)
Important security fix for CVE 2013-0871. Rebase to RHEL6.3 kernel 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6 (security and bug fixes, see RHSA-2013-0223). Many fixes and improvements in sched, mm, fs, cpt, ploop etc.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab074.9
Security fix in utrace (CVE-2013-0871). Fixes in ext4, fs, fuse, cgroups. Improved CT device permissions handling to aid Fedora 18 CT.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab074.4
Stability fixes in fs, ploop.
Templates update (Feb 2013)
Added Fedora 18 to beta (needs vzctl-4.2). Ubuntu 12.10 and openSUSE 10.2 moved out of beta. Ubuntu 10.10 and Fedora 15 moved to obsoleted (past-EOL). All existing templates are updated.
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vzctl 4.2
Support for Fedora 18 in container, new snapshot-list implementation. Fixes and improvements.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab074.3
Rebase to 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6 RHEL6.3 kernel (security and bug fixes, see RHSA-2013-0223). Fixes in fuse, timers, fs, block stats, cpt.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab073.5
Fixes and improvements in scheduler, mm, cpt.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab073.3
Stability fixes, scheduler improvements.
Kernel RHEL6 042stab072.10 (stable)
Rebase to RHEL6.3 kernel 2.6.32-279.19.1.el6 (security and bug fixes, see RHSA-2012-1580). Many fixes and improvements in ubc, mm, ploop, fs, pfcache, sched, cpt etc.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab072.9
ploop 1.6
Speed up ext4 resizing. Offline image shrink support. Added snapshot-list functionality. Other bugfixes and improvements.
Kernel RHEL6 testing 042stab072.8
Fixes in cpt, mm, dcache, fs/eventpoll.
Kernel RHEL5 testing 028stab104.3
Fix tun devices checkpoint/restore.
vzctl 4.1.2
Fixed missing VZREBOOTDIR in Gentoo initscript. Fixed extra arguments parsing by add-on modules. Don't whine about unknown VE_STOP_MODE parameter. Prevent buffer overflow when loading newer ploop library.