- Issued:
- 2014-06-10
- Updated:
- 2014-06-10
RHEA-2014:0736 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
virtio-win bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated virtio-win package that fixes several bugs and adds various
enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The virtio-win package provides paravirtualized device 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.
The virtio-win package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.7.1, which
provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. This
upgraded package contains the latest builds of paravirtualized drivers for most
Microsoft Windows guests, and also adds support for the virtio-rng driver to Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5. The virtio-rng driver provides a hardware random
number generator that allows users to increase data entropy on guest systems.
(BZ#1105470)
Users of virtio-win are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
these bugs and adds these enhancements.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.5 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1105470 - [virtio-win][builds]upgrade virtio-win build and add virtio-rng supports on RHEL6.5.z
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
virtio-win-1.7.1-1.el6_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d139dc826c64e2115965480cdc9899f1f4d68a2703ee4a29e8d5e7df32ff892f |
x86_64 | |
virtio-win-1.7.1-1.el6_5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: e680fc76a4c36b684e34c300053a5414781abdc719d9a26efd0ca43b0561c2d0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.5
SRPM | |
---|---|
virtio-win-1.7.1-1.el6_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d139dc826c64e2115965480cdc9899f1f4d68a2703ee4a29e8d5e7df32ff892f |
x86_64 | |
virtio-win-1.7.1-1.el6_5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: e680fc76a4c36b684e34c300053a5414781abdc719d9a26efd0ca43b0561c2d0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.5
SRPM | |
---|---|
virtio-win-1.7.1-1.el6_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d139dc826c64e2115965480cdc9899f1f4d68a2703ee4a29e8d5e7df32ff892f |
x86_64 | |
virtio-win-1.7.1-1.el6_5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: e680fc76a4c36b684e34c300053a5414781abdc719d9a26efd0ca43b0561c2d0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
virtio-win-1.7.1-1.el6_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d139dc826c64e2115965480cdc9899f1f4d68a2703ee4a29e8d5e7df32ff892f |
x86_64 | |
virtio-win-1.7.1-1.el6_5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: e680fc76a4c36b684e34c300053a5414781abdc719d9a26efd0ca43b0561c2d0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
virtio-win-1.7.1-1.el6_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d139dc826c64e2115965480cdc9899f1f4d68a2703ee4a29e8d5e7df32ff892f |
x86_64 | |
virtio-win-1.7.1-1.el6_5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: e680fc76a4c36b684e34c300053a5414781abdc719d9a26efd0ca43b0561c2d0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
virtio-win-1.7.1-1.el6_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d139dc826c64e2115965480cdc9899f1f4d68a2703ee4a29e8d5e7df32ff892f |
x86_64 | |
virtio-win-1.7.1-1.el6_5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: e680fc76a4c36b684e34c300053a5414781abdc719d9a26efd0ca43b0561c2d0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.5
SRPM | |
---|---|
virtio-win-1.7.1-1.el6_5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d139dc826c64e2115965480cdc9899f1f4d68a2703ee4a29e8d5e7df32ff892f |
x86_64 | |
virtio-win-1.7.1-1.el6_5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: e680fc76a4c36b684e34c300053a5414781abdc719d9a26efd0ca43b0561c2d0 |
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