\{'type': 'BugFix', 'shortCode': 'RL', 'name': 'RLBA-2021:3069', 'synopsis': 'virtio-win bug fix and enhancement update', 'severity': 'UnknownSeverity', 'topic': 'An update for virtio-win is now available for Rocky Linux 8.', 'description': 'The virtio-win package provides paravirtualized network drivers for most\nMicrosoft Windows operating systems. Paravirtualized drivers are\nvirtualization-aware drivers used by fully virtualized guests running on\nRocky Linux. Fully virtualized guests using the\nparavirtualized drivers gain significantly better I/O performance than\nfully virtualized guests running without the drivers.', 'solution': None, 'affectedProducts': ['Rocky Linux 8'], 'fixes': ['1975618'], 'cves': ['Red Hat:::https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:3069:::RHBA-2021:3069'], 'references': [], 'publishedAt': '2021-08-12T21:10:50.112851Z', 'rpms': ['virtio-win-1.9.17-4.el8_4.noarch.rpm', 'virtio-win-1.9.17-4.el8_4.src.rpm']}\

Rocky Linux: RLBA-2021:3069 virtio-win bug fix and enhancement update

September 2, 2022
An update for virtio-win is now available for Rocky Linux 8.

Summary

An update for virtio-win is now available for Rocky Linux 8.


RPMs

virtio-win-1.9.17-4.el8_4.noarch.rpm

virtio-win-1.9.17-4.el8_4.src.rpm

References

No References

CVEs

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:3069

Severity
Name: RLBA-2021:3069
Affected Products: Rocky Linux 8

Fixes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=


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