RHBA-2026:25050 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution forLinux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packageswhich provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM.The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the virtualized systems.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• [virtio-win] IP address order is not preserved on driver update [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-178730)
• [virito-win] Remove spice related binaries from the installer [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180229)
• "MEMORY MANAGEMENT" BSOD with no storage delay and only on virtio-blk [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180230)
• Windows BSOD with nbd read and write delay [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180231)
• [virtio-win][virtio-mem] check if fixes in virtio-mem needed similar to PR1415 for Balloon driver [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180232)
• [virtio-win][viosock] viosock driver can not be updated from the window update server [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180233)
• [virtio-win] Add WinPE/WinRE support for CollectSystemInfo.ps1 [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180234)
• BSOD screen doesn't show up with VirtIO VGA and dump fails [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180235)
• [virtio-win][WHQL 11_25H2][NetKVM] DF - InfVerif INF Verification fail [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180236)
• [viogpudo] Remove hardcoded subsystem and revision from driver [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180237)
• 1366x768 monitor resolution support [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180238)
• SXGA resolution 1280x1024 no longer available after virtio-win-0.1.240 [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180239)
• [virtio-win][WHQL test][netkvm] "1c_Mini6PerfSend" test case hangs at the "Performance Sends" stage on Win10.x86_64 only [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180240)
• Add vstbridge and viosocklib-test files to virtio-win iso [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180241)
• BSOD screen doesn't show up with VirtIO VGA and dump fails on Win10 x86 [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180242)
• Build vsock into installer [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180243)
• Install vsock bridge service via virtio-win installer [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180244)
• viostor: Fix device configuration updates [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180245)
• [virtio-win] viostor: Multiple fixes for the queue\vector mappings [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180246)
• The static IP address loss after virtio-win drivers install for V2V migrated VMs [rhel-9.8.z] (JIRA:RHEL-180247)

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 9.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.8 x86_64

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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