RHBA-2023:6388 - 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 9.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, 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 9.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 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 - Extended Life Cycle 9.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.4 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1845368 - [virtio-win-msi] The repair function doesn't work well
• BZ - 2005220 - warn user that all virtio-win related settings will be lost after removing virtio-win package(installer)
• BZ - 2026722 - IP configuration is lost in Windows machines after upgrading the virtio-win drivers
• BZ - 2081607 - [virtio-win] Add WinFsp code to virtio-win source RPM
• BZ - 2111319 - the network in win2016 guest can't work after failover vf migraion from BCM57810 and 82599ES network cards
• BZ - 2156297 - [virtio-win][NetKVM] The minimum(32) of RxCapacity in 'defaultConfiguration' does not equal the minimum(16) in inf
• BZ - 2172414 - [virtiofs][virtio-win] Give some hint when start virtiofs service with device is disabled detached
• BZ - 2174170 - [RFE][virtio-win][virtio-fs] Add host UID and GID parameters
• BZ - 2177673 - [virtio-win][fwcfg] Fwcfg - Windows update reports errors
• BZ - 2183941 - [virtio-win][virtiofs][nfs] overwrite confirmation during copy > 5K file to the shared directory -nfs mounted
• RHEL-654 - [virtio-blk] [virtio-scsi] The format can not complete successfully when 'Perform a quick format' uncheck with win11(22h2)
• RHELPLAN-120971 - [virtio-win] Add WinFsp code to virtio-win source RPM
• RHELPLAN-143186 - [virtio-win][NetKVM] The minimum(32) of RxCapacity in 'defaultConfiguration' does not equal the minimum(16) in inf
• RHELPLAN-149626 - [virtiofs][virtio-win] Give some hint when start virtiofs service with device is disabled detached
• RHELPLAN-150148 - [RFE][virtio-win][virtio-fs] Add host UID and GID parameters
• RHELPLAN-151559 - [virtio-win][fwcfg] Fwcfg - Windows update reports errors
• RHELPLAN-153839 - [virtio-win][virtiofs][nfs] overwrite confirmation during copy > 5K file to the shared directory -nfs mounted
• RHELPLAN-159457 - RHEL 9.3: Regular rebase of mingw-zlib to match Rawhide
• RHELPLAN-159459 - RHEL 9.3: Regular rebase of mingw-w64-tools to match Rawhide
• RHELPLAN-159465 - RHEL 9.3: Regular rebase of mingw-libffi to match Rawhide
• RHEL-722 - [virtio-win] Attestation signing is failing because of the legacy INF keyword usage in virtio-rng
• RHEL-726 - virtio-rng driver for Windows should be compiled for "Universal" platform
• RHEL-802 - [virtual network][rhel9.2][windows]Can not support command "netsh netkvm setparam 0 param=vlanid value=1"
• RHEL-910 - the network in win2016/win2012r2 guest can't work after failover vf migraion between QL41000 and SFC9220 network cards
• RHEL-925 - the network in win2016/win2022 guest can't work after failover vf migraion between MT2892 network cards
• RHEL-926 - [failover vf migration][windows vm] After migrating the vm, the info of the failover VF in the dst Win10 vm is displayed incorrectly
• RHELPLAN-97417 - warn user that all virtio-win related settings will be lost after removing virtio-win package(installer)
• RHEL-1286 - Windows WDDM DOD driver for virtio-gpu device - win8+ guests

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.3_release_notes/index