RHBA-2023:2451 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An update for virtio-win is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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 for x86_64 9 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.2 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1983947 - [RFE] Add support for fwcfg64 driver - 32 bits
• BZ - 1999409 - [virtio-win][virtiofs] can't create symbolic link in a sub folder
• BZ - 2019712 - [virtiofs] failure to assign permissions to shared directory when using Active-Directory account
• BZ - 2020998 - [virtio-win] Windows 10 "Optimize drive"/Trim/Discard causes all data to be rewritten
• BZ - 2023639 - BSOD on vioser driver during vioser_in_use.with_reboot.guest_to_host test
• BZ - 2026299 - [virtiofs] Virtiofs support for case-insensitivity on windows guest
• BZ - 2042247 - [virtio-win][virtiofs] share more than one fs with virtio-fs for windiows guest
• BZ - 2072090 - [virtio-win][virtio-fs] Add automatic FS functionality tests to virtio-win CI
• BZ - 2112559 - [virtio-win][virtio-fs] User haven't write access after switch to another user and switch back
• BZ - 2119336 - [virtio-win] [virtio-fs] Add License for virtio-fs driver mentioning WinFSP license
• BZ - 2120249 - [virtio-win] [virtio-rng] LICENSE file is missing for virtio-rng driver code
• BZ - 2123350 - virtio-win RPM for rhel-9.2.0
• BZ - 2138303 - [virtio-win]fwcfg driver can not be disabled
• BZ - 2139663 - [virtio-win] Setting 'Enable/Disable' available on driver Pvpanic
• BZ - 2149547 - [virtio-win][virtiofs] give some warn/error info when starting virtiofs.exe but without winfsp.exe insalled
• BZ - 2153741 - [fwcfg 32bit support] osinfo-db does not know about the "fwcfg" virtio-win driver

CVEs

• CVE-2023-0664

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.2_release_notes/index