Synopsis

virtio-win bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated virtio-win package that fixes two bugs and adds various enhancements is now available for the Supplementary channel of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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 update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, it was possible to install incorrect versions of virtio drivers, especially when running an older Windows operating system. This sometimes caused the guest to terminate unexpectedly with a stop error, also known as the "Blue Screen of Death", if the particular driver and Windows versions were incompatible. This update adds target OS version information to driver files, which enables Windows to automatically select the best driver when pointed to the root of the virtio-win CD image. Installing an incompatible driver version manually is also no longer possible, as Windows now presents the user with an error message if installation is attempted. (BZ#1325078)
  
• Prior to this update, the IOCTL_GET_INFORMATION I/O control call did not return the actual size of the data if the size of the passed buffer was not large enough. As a consequence, applications such as vioser-test were not able to query file size. This update introduces updated IOCTL_GET_INFORMATION I/O control code, which fixes the bug. Note that the previous I/O control code is still supported for backward compatibility, and is now named IOCTL_GET_INFORMATION_BUFFERED in the source files. (BZ#1293249)
  

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

• This update introduces the receive segment coalescing (RSC) feature for the virtio-net driver. This allows the driver to report coalesced transmission control protocol (TCP) segments to the OS. Note that the support for RSC is included in virtio-net for Windows Server 2012 and later versions. (BZ#950611, BZ#1340571)
  
• The vioscsi.sys file is now compatible with Microsoft Cluster Services, which enables the Windows virtio-scsi driver to support Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) using shared storage. As a result, vioscsi.sys can pass all tests in the "Validate a Configuration" process. (BZ#1219841)
  
• The virtio-win package now contains the updated Windows 10 drivers in the virtual floppy drive (VFD) files, and the driver thus does not have to be downloaded manually. (BZ#1328275)
  
• This update adds support for version 1.0 of the virtio protocol to the following drivers:
  
• virtio-rng
  
• virtio-balloon
  
• virtio-serial
  
• virtio-net
  
• virtio-scsi
  
• virtio-block
  

Improvements in virtio 1.0 include better resource utilization and better performance. Note that if the virtual device supports virtio 1.0 as well as the older protocol (referred to as virtio 0.9.5, 0.9, or legacy), the drivers will use virtio 1.0. (BZ#1315985, BZ#1315984, BZ#1304041, BZ#1303988, BZ#1304044, BZ#1304049)

• In addition to supporting single-queue mode, the vioscsi driver is now fully functional in multi-queue mode. (BZ#1210166)
  
• The virtio-win package now contains drivers for Windows Server 2016. A new directory has been added to the drivers directory hierarchy to reflect this change. The Windows Server 2016 drivers can be found in the /usr/share/virtio-win/drivers/amd64/Win2016 file, and they have also been added to the VFD and ISO files. (BZ#1293249)
  
• This update implements the "guest-get-vcpus" command in the Windows guest agent. "guest-get-vcpus" returns the list of virtual CPUs known to the guest operating system. (BZ#1257511)
  

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.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 950611 - [NetKVM] Pass WHQL tests with RSC feature enabled
• BZ - 954183 - [NetKVM] Static driver verifier fails with NetKVM
• BZ - 1013336 - [virtio-win][netkvm] BSoD occurs when running NDISTest6.5 -[2 Machine] - MPE_Ethernet job on windows 2012 (Win10)
• BZ - 1122364 - [virtio-win][vioser][rhel6]win2k8r2 guest bsod(7e) when do continuous hotplug/unplug during virtio serial in use with driver verifier enabled
• BZ - 1157987 - Windows hangs at startup if virtio-scsi device is configured with vectors=1, 2, and 3
• BZ - 1161453 - [whql][vioscsi]Job named by SCSI Compliance Test (LOGO) failed on win2k8-R2 and win8-64 guest
• BZ - 1190960 - [whql][netkvm][mq]job failed due to "Received some net buffer lists out of order" w/ 4 queues
• BZ - 1210166 - [vioscsi] Add multiqueue support to Windows virtio-scsi driver.
• BZ - 1214568 - [RFE][virtio-win] Add WMI facility to check the virito-scsi mq enabled
• BZ - 1219841 - [RFE] vioscsi.sys should support MS Cluster Services
• BZ - 1223426 - [NetKVM] Performance degradation with multi-queue
• BZ - 1234741 - [virtio-win][vioscsi]win2012 guest bsod(c9) when whql test DPWLK-HotAdd(1104) job
• BZ - 1234751 - [virtio-win][vioscsi]win2012R2 guest bsod(d1) when whql test DPWLK-HotAdd(1104) job
• BZ - 1235108 - [virtio-win][vioscsi]VIOSCSI driver is not signed by redhat certification on win200832/64 platform
• BZ - 1237024 - [virtio-win][netkvm]ipv6 uploading speed is quite slow when set "TCP/UDP checksum offload(IPv6)" to "Rx & Tx Enabled"
• BZ - 1241986 - win7 64bit BSOD when booting it on RHEL7.2 host
• BZ - 1243229 - [virtio-win][scsi][windows 10]win10 and win2016 guests bsod with D1 when run job "Bus Reset Test"
• BZ - 1245957 - [WHQL][viostor][data-plane]it could not generate dump file on WIN2008-32/64 via WLK while running Crash Dump job
• BZ - 1246993 - [virtio-win][svvp][ws2016] job "Signed Driver Check (CheckLogo)" failed during ws2016 svvp test
• BZ - 1247006 - [virtio-win][svvp][ws2016] job "Profile Interrupt Test" failed during ws2016 svvp test
• BZ - 1248873 - [whql][netkvm]Job named NDISTest6.5-InvalidPackets failed with HCK on win8-32/win8-64(build 106)
• BZ - 1248977 - [virtio-win][vioscsi] Cannot install vioscsi driver on win7-32&win2008-32
• BZ - 1249867 - [WHQL][vioscsi]Job hangs and it cannot continure on windows2008 guest via WLK
• BZ - 1250854 - [WHQL][vioscsi]The job named crash dump failed on windows 2008 -32/64 platform
• BZ - 1256583 - Win10 guest can't get ip address from dhcpserver when add mrg_rxbuf=off for virtio-net-pci
• BZ - 1266340 - [whql][netkvm]NDISTest6.5 Manual test failed and generate dump file on windows 2008 guest
• BZ - 1270149 - [virtio-win][netkvm] Check guest network link status of virtio nic with status=on failed (build 110)
• BZ - 1289406 - [virtio-win][vioser] Cannot install vioser driver successfully
• BZ - 1292788 - [virtio-win][viostor] Cannot install viostor driver on win7-64&win2008-64&win2008R2
• BZ - 1293042 - [virtio-win][vioser] Extra '-' (dash) in serial driver name
• BZ - 1293249 - [virtio-win][vioser] IOCTL_GET_INFORMATION does not return required buffer size
• BZ - 1296092 - [virtio-win][balloon] balloon driver can not be installed automately via pnputil
• BZ - 1303511 - update copyright of license.txt file in virtio-win to 2016
• BZ - 1303809 - provide QEMU guest agent command for setting root/administrator account password - window guests
• BZ - 1303988 - [virtio-win] [virtio-1] [RFE] Add Virtio-1.0 support for NetKVM
• BZ - 1304041 - [virtio-win] [virtio-1] [RFE] Add Virtio-1.0 support for vioserial
• BZ - 1304044 - [virtio-win] [virtio-1] [RFE] Add Virtio-1.0 support for vioscsi
• BZ - 1304049 - [virtio-win] [virtio-1] [RFE] Add Virtio-1.0 support for viostor
• BZ - 1313243 - [virtio-win][netkvm][rhel6]win2008-32 guest bsod with HARDWARE_INTERRUP_STORM(f2) when running netperf for longevity test
• BZ - 1313887 - [RFE] provide QEMU guest agent command for setting root account password (Windows guest) [rhel-7.3]
• BZ - 1315984 - [virtio-win] [virtio-1] [RFE] Add Virtio-1.0 support for baloon
• BZ - 1315985 - [virtio-win] [virtio-1] [RFE] Add Virtio-1.0 support for rng
• BZ - 1321774 - [virtio-win][vioscsi]fio jobs keep printing "0% done" in win2012r2 guest
• BZ - 1325078 - Add TargetOSVersion to driver inf files
• BZ - 1328275 - virtio-win doesn't provide windows 10 drivers within vfd [rhel-7.3]
• BZ - 1334736 - On the LAN network, as long as the VMs receive the Network message, and will always blue screen.
• BZ - 1336368 - [virtio-win][viostor][virtio1.0]Cannot enlarge/shrink disk with virtio1.0 device
• BZ - 1339175 - [NetKVM] Turn on RSC feature in NetKVM driver
• BZ - 1340571 - Add Windows 2k16 drivers to virtio-win
• BZ - 1352432 - [virtio-win][vioscsi]Win2012-64&R2 guest occurred bsod(d1) when whql test DPWLK- Hot-Replace - Device Test - Verify driver support for D3 power state
• BZ - 1352517 - [virtio-win][balloon][whql]windows guest BSOD when run several WHQL jobs
• BZ - 1352809 - [virtio-win][viorng]wrong dervier version for virtio-win-prewhql-121
• BZ - 1356363 - [virtio-win][viorng] cannot install viorng driver on win2008-32/64 (build 122)
• BZ - 1358125 - Virtio 1.0 driver didn't work on win10 with q35 machine type
• BZ - 1359072 - [virtio-win][netkvm][whql]many whql jobs occurred BSOD(DRIVER_VERIFIER_DETECTED_VIOLATION (c4)) on build 122
• BZ - 1361501 - [virtio-win][balloon] report "VCRUNTIME120.dll is missing from your computer"error when using blnsvr.exe

CVEs

(none)

References

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
x86_64
virtio-win-1.9.0-3.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 21fde702649082affe4b51b5e5849a02541e30068442e23af9d0593336df4eb5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5

SRPM
x86_64
virtio-win-1.9.0-3.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 21fde702649082affe4b51b5e5849a02541e30068442e23af9d0593336df4eb5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4

SRPM
x86_64
virtio-win-1.9.0-3.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 21fde702649082affe4b51b5e5849a02541e30068442e23af9d0593336df4eb5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
x86_64
virtio-win-1.9.0-3.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 21fde702649082affe4b51b5e5849a02541e30068442e23af9d0593336df4eb5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
x86_64
virtio-win-1.9.0-3.el7.noarch.rpm	SHA-256: 21fde702649082affe4b51b5e5849a02541e30068442e23af9d0593336df4eb5