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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2013:1729 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2013-11-20
Updated:
2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:1729 - Bug Fix Advisory

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  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

virtio-win bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated virtio-win package that fixes several bugs and adds various enhancements
is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The virtio-win package provides paravirtualized network drivers for most
Microsoft Windows operating systems. Paravirtualized drivers are
virtualization-aware drivers used by fully virtualized guests running on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. Fully virtualized guests using the paravirtualized drivers
gain significantly better I/O performance than fully virtualized guests running
without the drivers.

This updated virtio-win package includes numerous bug fixes and enhancements.
Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are
directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Technical Notes for information on
the most significant of these changes:

https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.5_Technical_Notes/virtio-win.html#RHBA-2013-1729

Users of virtio-win are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
these bugs and adds these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 759019 - [virtio-win][serial]Qemu-kvm quit with "Guest move used index from 0 to 256" after hot unplug/plug virtio-serial-port while it is in use
  • BZ - 806223 - [virtio-win][serial] guest BSOD when doing s3 while virtio-serial in use
  • BZ - 814051 - [virtio-win][performance] degression performance in 2/8 RX TCP sessions tests w/ rx checksumming in Win2008 R2 guest
  • BZ - 823818 - [virtio-win][compatibilty]Guest freeze After terminating the virtserialport receiving side in the host
  • BZ - 853377 - [WHQL][virtio-scsi]BSOD occurs while running job(2094) named "Plug and Play Driver Test(Certification)" on windows 2003 guest on HCK
  • BZ - 856490 - [virtio-win][serial]Guest failed to sleep or hibernate during virtio-serial in use
  • BZ - 858525 - [virtio-win][scsi] windows guest fail to automatically detect the new partition after online resize
  • BZ - 867314 - [whql][netkvm]NDISTest 6.0 - [1 Machine] - 1c_Mini6Send leads to BSOD [0X0000007E]-NDPort60.sys
  • BZ - 869476 - [virtio-win][block]Resume from S3 status guest quits automatically
  • BZ - 878442 - [virtio-win][netkvm]Refactor drivers to improve performance
  • BZ - 882795 - [virtio-win][serial]BSOD occurs during transferring data from guest to host during s4
  • BZ - 889410 - [virtio-win][netkvm] Network fail to access remote computer after enable netkvm driver parameter "TestOnly.UseSwTxChecksum".
  • BZ - 902150 - [virtio-win][serial]virtio-serial driver does not work after S3& s4
  • BZ - 903109 - [whql][netkvm]Job 1090-NDISTest 6.0 - [1 Machine] - 1c_Mini6RSSOids failed on win2012 guest
  • BZ - 904808 - [NetKVM] Implement Receive Segment Coalescing (RSC) for Windows 2012
  • BZ - 907160 - virtio win network driver broken with extended config space
  • BZ - 907355 - [WHQL][serial]Sleep Stress with io/Disable Enable with io/Common Scenarios with io failed on windows xp/2k3/win2k8/win7 guests
  • BZ - 908725 - virtio win inf does not specify revision ID
  • BZ - 912926 - [WHQL][netkvm] win2k3 32/64 and win xp got 0x000000D1 BSOD while running Sleep and PNP (disable and enable) with IO Before and After (Certification) (id 2067) on HCK
  • BZ - 915540 - [whql][virtio-win]win server 2012 guest hang during MPE job
  • BZ - 920000 - [WHQL][netkvm]Device Path Exerciser Test (Certification) failed via ovs on HCK(win2k8-R2 and win7)
  • BZ - 920011 - [WHQL][netkvm]NDISTest 6.0 - [2 Machine] - 2c_Priority failed via OVS on HCK (win2k8-R2 and win7)
  • BZ - 920944 - [whql][Netkvm] Job of "NDISTest 6.5 - [1 Machine] - StandardizedKeywords" failed on win2k8-32 on HCK via OVS
  • BZ - 920947 - [whql][Netkvm] Job of "NDISTest 6.5 - [1 Machine] - StandardizedKeywords" failed on win2k8-64 on HCK via OVS
  • BZ - 921200 - [NetKVM] Do not use VIRTIO_PCI_ISR for debug purposes in production code
  • BZ - 922530 - [NetKVM] Separate NDIS 5.1 code from NDIS 6.x code
  • BZ - 928186 - [WHQL][serial]Plug and Play driver test failed with BSOD [c4] on win2k3/7/2k8/8/2012 OSes
  • BZ - 946992 - [vrtio-win][virtio-scsi]update win8.64 guest's driver with virtio-win-prewhql-0.1-58 caused guest BSOD
  • BZ - 948017 - VSS support for qemu-ga-win
  • BZ - 950424 - [NetKVM] Verify indirect buffers support on the host for RX
  • BZ - 950463 - [NetKVM] Fix control queue usage in NetKVM
  • BZ - 950509 - [NetKVM] Build NDIS6.x drivers using Visual Studio 2012 project only
  • BZ - 950617 - [NetKVM] Enable RSS for Windows 2008 R2 as well
  • BZ - 950623 - [NetKVM] Review "TestOnly" parameters and remove those that shouldn't be exposed to the user
  • BZ - 950633 - [NetKVM] Check if fix needed for cases when Windows send 0xffff checksum for packets
  • BZ - 951020 - [NetKVM] Do not check VIRTIO_PCI_ISR when not needed
  • BZ - 951070 - [NetKVM] Fix debug printouts line endings
  • BZ - 951481 - [virtio-win][serial]virtio serial doesn't work after uninstall driver and then re-install
  • BZ - 953812 - [virtio-win][serial]Termial Which used to send data in the guest can not be closed and it blocks shutdown guest
  • BZ - 954507 - [virtio-win][netkvm]winxp guest BSOD when running HCK job "Sleep and PNP (disable and enable) with IO Before and After (Certification)"
  • BZ - 955844 - [virtio-win][netkvm] Request to respin win2012 netkvm drivers in virtio-win package
  • BZ - 956290 - [netkvm] Race condition on surprise removal in XP/2003 driver
  • BZ - 957435 - [virtio-win][netkvm]Winxp guest is very slowly with netkvm driver installed while restarting/installing third-party software from network
  • BZ - 957505 - QEMU assertion when windows guest returns from hibernation
  • BZ - 957507 - NetKVM: Windows guest crashes on unload when working on top of QEMU without control queue support
  • BZ - 958751 - [whql][netkvm]2c_OidsNdisRequest(1104) job failed on windows 2012
  • BZ - 959011 - [whql][netkvm]Device Path Exerciser job faild as BSOD(D1) on win2k3-32/64 guest.
  • BZ - 960440 - [WHQL][netkvm]Concurrent Hardware And Operating System (CHAOS) Test (Certification) failed on win2k8-R2/win8-32
  • BZ - 960503 - [virtio-win][netkvm] The connection status of Red Hat VirtIO Ethernet Adapter is always "Identifying..." after doing S3 or S4
  • BZ - 963527 - [whql][netkvm] GlitchFreeDevice failed on win8-32 guest
  • BZ - 966809 - [virtio-win][serial]Guest win7-64 BSOD(7E) during resume from s4 after hot plug virtio serial device
  • BZ - 968225 - [whql][netkvm]win7-64 guest BSOD occurs (7E) when running NDIS MPE job
  • BZ - 971141 - [6.5 FEAT] qemu guest agent installer for windows
  • BZ - 972310 - [whql][netkvm][1086]BSOD(7e) occurs when running NIDSTest 6.0-1C-FaultHanding job over win7-64
  • BZ - 978296 - [WHQL][netkvm]PM_PowerStateTransition failed on win2k8-R2 even if use qxl
  • BZ - 978832 - [whql][netkvm]Win8 64 got an BSOD [9f] issue while running MPE job
  • BZ - 979239 - [virtio-win][vioser]cat file in win7-32/64 serial driver are not correct for the specific OS
  • BZ - 982119 - [virtio-win][vioser]terminal became no response while user want to cancel process of data transferring.
  • BZ - 982143 - [virtio-win][vioser]Error pops up from monitor while transfer data from host to guest/guest to host on win8 32 guest at the same time
  • BZ - 982940 - [virtio-win][netkvm]NetKVMConfig can not modify the parameter "init.ConnetctionRate(Mb)" to 1G correctly
  • BZ - 987221 - [virtio-win][viostor]BSOD happened when rescan hard-disk with virtio-block driver installed
  • BZ - 988302 - [virtio-win][netkvm]Register NetSH failed on 32 bit guest

CVEs

(none)

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.5_Technical_Notes/virtio-win.html#RHBA-2013-1729
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
x86_64
virtio-win-1.6.7-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: bb630cad04e7914a6257f2aed41af08cee5f060f8f711e9a3503114bc8dd477f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
x86_64
virtio-win-1.6.7-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: bb630cad04e7914a6257f2aed41af08cee5f060f8f711e9a3503114bc8dd477f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
x86_64
virtio-win-1.6.7-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: bb630cad04e7914a6257f2aed41af08cee5f060f8f711e9a3503114bc8dd477f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
x86_64
virtio-win-1.6.7-2.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: bb630cad04e7914a6257f2aed41af08cee5f060f8f711e9a3503114bc8dd477f

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