Recommended update for kubevirt, virt-api-container, virt-controller-container, virt-exportproxy-container, virt-exportserver-container, virt-handler-container, virt-launcher-container, virt-libguestf

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2025:03080-1
Release Date: 2025-09-05T06:10:44Z
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Containers Module 15-SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for kubevirt, virt-api-container, virt-controller-container, virt-exportproxy-container, virt-exportserver-container, virt-handler-container, virt-launcher-container, virt-libguestfs-tools-container, virt-operator-container, virt-pr-helper-container fixes the following issues:

Update to version 1.6.0:

Release notes https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/tag/v1.6.0

  • Add killall and sysctl packages missing from SP7 base image (bsc#1244621, bsc#1244624)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Containers Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-15-SP7-2025-3080=1

Package List:

  • Containers Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • kubevirt-manifests-1.6.0-150700.3.8.1
    • kubevirt-virtctl-1.6.0-150700.3.8.1
    • kubevirt-virtctl-debuginfo-1.6.0-150700.3.8.1

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