RHBA-2024:9301 - 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 9.5 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 Server - AUS 9.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 x86_64

Fixes

• RHEL-1217 - [virtio-win][vioser] VM couldn't go down after live-migration and uninstalling vioser driver
• RHEL-1292 - [viogpudo] The remote-viewer window size is larger than normal after install viogpudo driver.
• RHEL-1302 - [RFE] Add Windows virtio-mem driver
• RHEL-17932 - [virtio-win][NetKVM] Implement Poll mode support for NDIS miniport
• RHEL-19188 - add support for tracing SRB response time to vioscsi driver
• RHEL-19317 - netkvm: Prevent possible violation of virtio spec in TX path
• RHEL-19378 - netkvm: connection drop when using iperf with very short packets
• RHEL-19430 - netkvm: Make RX path capacity setting more user-friendly
• RHEL-19441 - netkvm: remove implementation of OID_GEN_TRANSMIT_QUEUE_LENGTH
• RHEL-19627 - netkvm: RX packet loss happens on device side due to slow reuse of memory buffers
• RHEL-20575 - [netkvm] correct filtering point for incoming packets
• RHEL-20576 - [netkvm] driver metrics available via WMI
• RHEL-21032 - windows virtio-gpu-dod display driver should support all acceptable resolutions reported by EDID
• RHEL-21778 - [virtio-win] Cleanup WDF installer code from INF to be compatible with driver isolation
• RHEL-23315 - [virtio-win][virtio] Remove legacy DMA code in the WDF library
• RHEL-24805 - clean up and simplify WPP tracing in vioscsi device driver.
• RHEL-24992 - BSOD occurs when the vector=1024 is set
• RHEL-26205 - [QGA] Add Windows Server 2025 to guest-osinfo command
• RHEL-26206 - [virtio-win][Balloon] Enforce driver isolation in INF files
• RHEL-26207 - [virtio-win][NetKVM] Enforce driver isolation in INF files
• RHEL-26208 - [virtio-win][fwcfg64] Enforce driver isolation in INF files
• RHEL-26210 - [virtio-win][pvpanic] Enforce driver isolation in INF files
• RHEL-26211 - [virtio-win][viofs] Enforce driver isolation in INF files
• RHEL-26213 - [virtio-win][viogpu] Enforce driver isolation in INF files
• RHEL-26214 - [virtio-win][vioinput] Enforce driver isolation in INF files
• RHEL-26216 - [virtio-win][viorng] Enforce driver isolation in INF files
• RHEL-26219 - [virtio-win][vioscsi] Enforce driver isolation in INF files
• RHEL-26221 - [virtio-win][vioserial] Enforce driver isolation in INF files
• RHEL-26224 - [virtio-win][viostor] Enforce driver isolation in INF files
• RHEL-26260 - Windows Guest: distribution of the debugging and support Windows guest information tool
• RHEL-28542 - netkvmco.exe: unexpected %errorlevel% after successful parameter update on win10 i386
• RHEL-29280 - [virtio-win] Failed to uninstall all virtio drivers in device manager since prewhql-249
• RHEL-29721 - [virtio-win][whql test] "NdisPoll keyword functional validation" & "NdisPoll keyword validation" failed on Windows Server 2025
• RHEL-29888 - [virtio-win][whql test] HLK test "NICStrictPropertyValidation" failed due to a lower NDIS version
• RHEL-29935 - Fix build error with new EWDK
• RHEL-29938 - Drop SDV from Win11 and leave only for Win10
• RHEL-30199 - BSOD screen doesn't show up with VirtIO VGA
• RHEL-30697 - [virtio-win][viomem] Driver BSOD when disable/enable device with requsted memory > 0
• RHEL-31482 - netkvm: update failover service binary at runtime
• RHEL-31746 - netkvm: CAT files of Win11 build refer netkvmpoll.inf instead of netkvm.inf
• RHEL-33334 - [virtio-win][whql test] Windows Server 2025 NetKVM Certification Failures on prewhql255
• RHEL-33588 - [virtio-win][whql test] HLK test "GlitchFree Device" failed and the receiver received 0% of packets.
• RHEL-35960 - [virtio-win][whql test] HLK test "Static Tools Logo Test" failed due to MS HLK client installation issue
• RHEL-50169 - [virtio-win] Add interruption handler to the Windows Guest debugging tool
• RHEL-50330 - [virtio-win] Add Input validation to the Windows Guest debugging tool
• RHEL-52250 - fsfreeze hooks break on the systems first restorecon
• RHEL-52479 - [virtio-win] Only the Minidump directory was copied, not the dmp files under it
• RHEL-52721 - [virtio-win] Win10 couldn't create archiveFile if add param -IncludeSensitiveData since warning: "Stram was too long."
• RHEL-55254 - [virtio-win][viogpudo] windows will hit black screen while install viogpudo driver during system installation
• RHELMISC-2913 - Provide Windows versions where the drivers are signed in virtio-win RPM description

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.5_release_notes/index