RHBA-2014:0106 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated virtio-win packages that fix two bugs and add one enhancement are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The virtio-win packages provide 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.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, a win2008 virtio-win serial driver was shipped erroneously instead

of the win2012 driver. As a consequence, updating the driver using the
rhev-guest-tools-iso command failed. The driver has been replaced with the
correct one, win2012. As a result, using the rhev-guest-tools-iso command for
updating the driver now executes successfully. (BZ#1038298)

• Previously, if there was no user logged in the Windows operating system, the

VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) component became inactive. As a consequence,
VSS commands failed to execute when no active shell session was available. After
this update, the VSS component is now started as a service. As a result, VSS is
always available and no longer becomes inactive when no user is logged in.
(BZ#1055592)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

• Support for the Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 paravirtual drivers has

been added to the virtio-win packages. (BZ#1054589)

Users of virtio-win are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add this enhancement.

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.5 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
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.5 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1054589 - [RC][virtio-win] request to respin virtio-win packages to slove following bugs/features in RHEL6.5.z

CVEs

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References

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