[ol10_appstream] qemu-guest-agent-18:10.1.0-16.el10_2.5.x86_64

qemu-kvm is an open source virtualizer that provides hardware emulation for
the KVM hypervisor.

This package provides an agent to run inside guests, which communicates
with the host over a virtio-serial channel named "org.qemu.guest_agent.0"

This package does not need to be installed on the host OS.

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• Tue Aug 04 2026 Miroslav Rezanina <mrezanin@redhat.com> - 10.1.0-16.el10_2.5

  - kvm-file-posix-populate-pwrite_zeroes_alignment.patch [RHEL-207389]
  - kvm-block-use-pwrite_zeroes_alignment-when-writing-first.patch [RHEL-207389]
  - kvm-iotests-add-Linux-loop-device-image-creation-test.patch [RHEL-207389]
  - Resolves: RHEL-207389
    (qemu-img create/convert fails on target block device with 4k sector size [rhel-10.2.z])

• Thu Jul 09 2026 Miroslav Rezanina <mrezanin@redhat.com> - 10.1.0-16.el10_2.4

  - kvm-blkdebug-Add-delay-ns-option.patch [RHEL-190702]
  - kvm-block-Add-blk_co_start-end_request-and-BDRV_REQ_NO_Q.patch [RHEL-190702]
  - kvm-block-Add-flags-parameter-to-blk_-_pdiscard.patch [RHEL-190702]
  - kvm-ide-Minimal-fix-for-deadlock-between-TRIM-and-drain.patch [RHEL-190702]
  - kvm-ide-Clean-up-ide_trim_co_entry-to-be-idiomatic-corou.patch [RHEL-190702]
  - kvm-ide-test-Factor-out-wait_dma_completion.patch [RHEL-190702]
  - kvm-ide-test-Test-reset-during-TRIM.patch [RHEL-190702]
  - kvm-spec-Install-qtests-into-qemu-kvm-tests-package.patch [RHEL-190702]
  - Resolves: RHEL-190702
    (qemu-kvm hung during drain after double pause [rhel-10.2.z])

• Fri Jun 19 2026 Miroslav Rezanina <mrezanin@redhat.com> - 10.1.0-16.el10_2.3

  - kvm-virtio-blk-add-missing-VIRTIO_BLK_T_SCSI_CMD-size-ch.patch [RHEL-184529]
  - Resolves: RHEL-184529
    (CVE-2026-48914 qemu-kvm: Heap buffer overflow in virtio-blk SCSI request handling [rhel-10.2.z])

• Mon Jun 15 2026 Miroslav Rezanina <mrezanin@redhat.com> - 10.1.0-16.el10_2.2

  - kvm-scsi-adjust-error_prepend-formatting.patch [RHEL-166007]
  - kvm-scsi-always-send-valid-PREEMPT-TYPE-field.patch [RHEL-166007]
  - kvm-scsi-register-again-after-PREEMPT-without-reservatio.patch [RHEL-166007]
  - kvm-scsi-change-buf_size-to-unsigned-int-in-scsi_SG_IO.patch [RHEL-166033]
  - kvm-scsi-handle-reservation-changes-across-migration.patch [RHEL-166033]
  - Resolves: RHEL-166007
    (live migration failed the VM just register key only [rhel-10.2.z])
  - Resolves: RHEL-166033
    (live migration failed or get failed WSFC test result during WSFC testing [rhel-10.2.z])

• Tue May 12 2026 Miroslav Rezanina <mrezanin@redhat.com> - 10.1.0-16.el10_2.1

  - kvm-scsi-Don-t-consider-LOGICAL-UNIT-NOT-SUPPORTED-guest.patch [RHEL-164536]
  - Resolves: RHEL-164536
    (qemu-kvm doesn't retry SG-IO on 05/25/00 (ILLEGAL REQUEST / LOGICAL UNIT NOT SUPPORTED) [rhel-10.2.z])

• Mon Mar 30 2026 Miroslav Rezanina <mrezanin@redhat.com> - 10.1.0-16

  - kvm-linux-aio-Put-all-parameters-into-qemu_laiocb.patch [RHEL-158224]
  - kvm-linux-aio-Resubmit-tails-of-short-reads-writes.patch [RHEL-158224]
  - kvm-block-io_uring-avoid-potentially-getting-stuck-after.patch [RHEL-158224]
  - kvm-io-uring-Resubmit-tails-of-short-writes.patch [RHEL-158224]
  - Resolves: RHEL-158224
    (qemu-kvm: disk writes of fewer bytes than requested is a retry condition, not necessarily an indication of ENOSPC [rhel-10.2])

• Thu Mar 26 2026 Miroslav Rezanina <mrezanin@redhat.com> - 10.1.0-15

  - kvm-mirror-Fix-missed-dirty-bitmap-writes-during-startup.patch [RHEL-155601]
  - Resolves: RHEL-155601
    (Mirror job can miss writes during startup, corrupting the copy [rhel-10.2])

• Wed Mar 18 2026 Miroslav Rezanina <mrezanin@redhat.com> - 10.1.0-14

  - kvm-hw-uefi-add-variable-digest-to-vmstate.patch [RHEL-153058]
  - kvm-block-Never-drop-BLOCK_IO_ERROR-with-action-stop-for.patch [RHEL-144004]
  - Resolves: RHEL-153058
    (Qemu crashes with "double free" during restore --reset-nvram with uefi-vars secure boot)
  - Resolves: RHEL-144004
    ([rhel-10] Regression in BLOCK_IO_ERROR event delivery with (w|r)error setting of 'stop' or 'enospc' due to event rate limiting)

• Thu Feb 19 2026 Miroslav Rezanina <mrezanin@redhat.com> - 10.1.0-13

  - kvm-vhost-user-make-vhost_set_vring_file-synchronous.patch [RHEL-147425]
  - kvm-scsi-generalize-scsi_SG_IO_FROM_DEV-to-scsi_SG_IO.patch [RHEL-132749]
  - kvm-scsi-add-error-reporting-to-scsi_SG_IO.patch [RHEL-132749]
  - kvm-scsi-track-SCSI-reservation-state-for-live-migration.patch [RHEL-132749]
  - kvm-scsi-save-load-SCSI-reservation-state.patch [RHEL-132749]
  - kvm-docs-add-SCSI-migrate-pr-documentation.patch [RHEL-132749]
  - kvm-Revert-hw-arm-virt-Use-ACPI-PCI-hotplug-by-default-f.patch [RHEL-134989 RHEL-146584]
  - Resolves: RHEL-147425
    (virtiofs: processes become stuck in request_wait_answer on virtiofs mounts)
  - Resolves: RHEL-132749
    (Migrate SCSI PR state and preempt reservation upon live migration)
  - Resolves: RHEL-134989
    (Hotplugged interface device can not be shown in the guest)
  - Resolves: RHEL-146584
    ([RHEL-10.2][ARM]: Unable to Check the mem prefetched size on Guest)

• Mon Feb 02 2026 Miroslav Rezanina <mrezanin@redhat.com> - 10.1.0-12

  - kvm-rbd-Run-co-BH-CB-in-the-coroutine-s-AioContext.patch [RHEL-79118]
  - kvm-curl-Fix-coroutine-waking.patch [RHEL-79118]
  - kvm-block-io-Take-reqs_lock-for-tracked_requests.patch [RHEL-79118]
  - kvm-qcow2-Re-initialize-lock-in-invalidate_cache.patch [RHEL-79118]
  - kvm-qcow2-Fix-cache_clean_timer.patch [RHEL-79118]
  - kvm-net-bundle-all-offloads-in-a-single-struct.patch [RHEL-143785]
  - kvm-linux-headers-deal-with-counted_by-annotation.patch [RHEL-143785]
  - kvm-linux-headers-Update-to-Linux-v6.17-rc1.patch [RHEL-143785]
  - kvm-virtio-introduce-extended-features-type.patch [RHEL-143785]
  - kvm-virtio-serialize-extended-features-state.patch [RHEL-143785]
  - kvm-virtio-add-support-for-negotiating-extended-features.patch [RHEL-143785]
  - kvm-virtio-pci-implement-support-for-extended-features.patch [RHEL-143785]
  - kvm-vhost-add-support-for-negotiating-extended-features.patch [RHEL-143785]
  - kvm-qmp-update-virtio-features-map-to-support-extended-f.patch [RHEL-143785]
  - kvm-vhost-backend-implement-extended-features-support.patch [RHEL-143785]
  - kvm-vhost-net-implement-extended-features-support.patch [RHEL-143785]
  - kvm-virtio-net-implement-extended-features-support.patch [RHEL-143785]
  - kvm-net-implement-tunnel-probing.patch [RHEL-143785]
  - kvm-net-implement-UDP-tunnel-features-offloading.patch [RHEL-143785]
  - Resolves: RHEL-79118
    ([network-storage][rbd][core-dump]installation of guest failed sometimes with multiqueue enabled [rhel10])
  - Resolves: RHEL-143785
    (backport support for GSO over UDP tunnel offload)