Issued:
2026-02-09
Updated:
2026-02-09

RHBA-2026:2280 - virtio-win bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

virtio-win bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

An update for virtio-win is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support.

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):

  • "MEMORY MANAGEMENT" BSOD with no storage delay and only on virtio-blk [rhel-9.6.z] (JIRA:RHEL-145873)

  • [virtio-win] IP address order is not preserved on driver update [rhel-9.6.z] (JIRA:RHEL-146118)

  • [virtio-win][viosock] viosock driver can not be updated from the window update server [rhel-9.6.z] (JIRA:RHEL-146120)

  • Add vstbridge and viosocklib-test files to virtio-win iso [rhel-9.6.z] (JIRA:RHEL-147683)

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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions9.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support9.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle9.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS9.6x86_64

Updated Packages

  • virtio-win-1.9.53-0.el9_6.noarch.rpm
  • virtio-win-1.9.53-0.el9_6.src.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

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References

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Additional information