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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.


The virtio-win package provides paravirtualized network drivers for most Microsoft Windows operating systems. Paravirtualized drivers are virtualization-aware drivers used by fully virtualized guests running on Rocky Linux. Fully virtualized guests using the paravirtualized drivers gain significantly better I/O performance than fully virtualized guests running without the drivers.

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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