How to check virtio-win drivers version on Windows guest

Environment

• KVM-based hypervisor
• Windows guest
• Virtio-win drivers

Issue

How to check what is the current version of virtio-win drivers on Windows guest?

Resolution

To get the virtio-win drivers version from the command line, run the following command in PowerShell:

Get-CimInstance Win32_PnPSignedDriver | Where-Object {$_.Manufacturer -like "*Red Hat*"} | Select-Object DeviceName, DriverVersion, DriverDate

DeviceName                                  DriverVersion     DriverDate
----------                                  -------------     ----------
QEMU FwCfg Device                           100.100.104.27100 1/13/2025 3:00:00 AM
VirtIO Input Driver Helper                  100.101.104.28400 7/8/2025 3:00:00 AM
VirtIO Input Driver                         100.101.104.28400 7/8/2025 3:00:00 AM
VirtIO Balloon Driver                       100.102.104.29400 12/8/2025 3:00:00 AM
Red Hat VirtIO SCSI controller              100.102.104.29500 1/21/2026 3:00:00 AM
Red Hat VirtIO SCSI controller              100.102.104.29500 1/21/2026 3:00:00 AM
Red Hat VirtIO SCSI controller              100.102.104.29500 1/21/2026 3:00:00 AM
Red Hat VirtIO SCSI controller              100.102.104.29500 1/21/2026 3:00:00 AM
Red Hat VirtIO SCSI controller              100.102.104.29500 1/21/2026 3:00:00 AM
Red Hat VirtIO SCSI controller              100.102.104.29500 1/21/2026 3:00:00 AM
Red Hat VirtIO SCSI controller              100.102.104.29500 1/21/2026 3:00:00 AM
VirtIO Serial Driver                        100.101.104.28400 7/8/2025 3:00:00 AM
Red Hat VirtIO SCSI pass-through controller 100.102.104.29500 1/21/2026 3:00:00 AM
Red Hat VirtIO Ethernet Adapter             100.102.104.29400 12/8/2025 3:00:00 AM

In order to get the same information from the GUI, follow next steps.

1. Open Device Manager:

-> Start -> Run -> type: `devmgmt.msc` -> Enter

2. Find the required device on the tree on the left and double-click. [1]
3. On the Device Properties Dialogue box select "Driver" tab and the details are there.
See examples below.

For guidance on which virtio-win package to install for your Red Hat Enterprise Linux release, and how to always obtain the current supported driver build (rather than relying on a static version table), see Installing and managing Windows virtual machines in the RHEL documentation. Equivalent chapters exist for RHEL 8 and RHEL 10. Running dnf upgrade virtio-win on the KVM host always installs the current supported virtio-win package for that release.

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