RHEA-2021:0535 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An update for virtio-win is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle Long Life 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle Long Life 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle Long Life 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1826342 - [Microsoft driver security checklist] Use Static Driver Verifier to Check for Vulnerabilities in virtio-win drivers
• BZ - 1828654 - [virtio-win][balloon] balloon does not work after hotunplug/hotplug balloon device
• BZ - 1830754 - [RFE][netkvm] Add support for backup device of SRIOV VF
• BZ - 1842467 - [NetKVM] HLK: For Window Server 2019 the “*JumboPacket” standardized keyword in the Windows Registry is currently used for setting the MTU size
• BZ - 1872384 - [NetKVM] BSOD in Sleep during IO test with HCK 1809
• BZ - 1873911 - [virtio-win][virtio-fs] can't delete folder in shared dir from guest side ( windows guest)
• BZ - 1887843 - VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM was renamed to VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM - fix in Windows drivers
• BZ - 1890810 - Win10 disk corruption after TRIM for 4Kn viostor drives
• BZ - 1911903 - virtio-win RPM for 8.3.1

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.3_release_notes/