Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2026:56986 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2026-08-19
Updated:
2026-08-19

RHBA-2026:56986 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

virtio-win 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.

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 9.4 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-1.9.58-0.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: 0467942e9ac51dc88bf25ff8a64536c4d40430f581b9e38e22107ee7ffc83703
x86_64
virtio-win-1.9.58-0.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 966ba01dee2d21ee3f0dc1b8d660fc51789f0afdd96b809373d167d4cede6822

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.4

SRPM
virtio-win-1.9.58-0.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: 0467942e9ac51dc88bf25ff8a64536c4d40430f581b9e38e22107ee7ffc83703
x86_64
virtio-win-1.9.58-0.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 966ba01dee2d21ee3f0dc1b8d660fc51789f0afdd96b809373d167d4cede6822

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.4

SRPM
virtio-win-1.9.58-0.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: 0467942e9ac51dc88bf25ff8a64536c4d40430f581b9e38e22107ee7ffc83703
x86_64
virtio-win-1.9.58-0.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 966ba01dee2d21ee3f0dc1b8d660fc51789f0afdd96b809373d167d4cede6822

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

SRPM
virtio-win-1.9.58-0.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: 0467942e9ac51dc88bf25ff8a64536c4d40430f581b9e38e22107ee7ffc83703
x86_64
virtio-win-1.9.58-0.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 966ba01dee2d21ee3f0dc1b8d660fc51789f0afdd96b809373d167d4cede6822

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