Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:3836 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2024-06-11
Updated:
2024-06-11

RHBA-2024:3836 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

virtio-win bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

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

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.

Bug Fix(es):

  • IP restored, warning no longer makes sense(msi package) [rhel-9.4.z] (JIRA:RHEL-36742)
  • [RFE] Add Windows virtio-mem driver [rhel-9.4.z] (JIRA:RHEL-37139)

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 Server - AUS 9.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.4 x86_64

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9

SRPM
virtio-win-1.9.40-0.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: 3d1296f74fb1b64a1e0767148d312a5a5361bb68f5c23ccea04ed84abdbbbf58
x86_64
virtio-win-1.9.40-0.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: c591747ce9facac81ca129c1e876e0dd9966644766f32b5f5ba6b6b4fd88ab04

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.4

SRPM
virtio-win-1.9.40-0.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: 3d1296f74fb1b64a1e0767148d312a5a5361bb68f5c23ccea04ed84abdbbbf58
x86_64
virtio-win-1.9.40-0.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: c591747ce9facac81ca129c1e876e0dd9966644766f32b5f5ba6b6b4fd88ab04

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.4

SRPM
virtio-win-1.9.40-0.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: 3d1296f74fb1b64a1e0767148d312a5a5361bb68f5c23ccea04ed84abdbbbf58
x86_64
virtio-win-1.9.40-0.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: c591747ce9facac81ca129c1e876e0dd9966644766f32b5f5ba6b6b4fd88ab04

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.4

SRPM
virtio-win-1.9.40-0.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: 3d1296f74fb1b64a1e0767148d312a5a5361bb68f5c23ccea04ed84abdbbbf58
x86_64
virtio-win-1.9.40-0.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: c591747ce9facac81ca129c1e876e0dd9966644766f32b5f5ba6b6b4fd88ab04

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