Re: [PATCH kvmtool] virtio/pci: explicit zero unknown devices features

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On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 17:37:02 +0200, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> The linux kernel implementation for the virtio_net driver recently
> gained support for virtio features above the 64th bit.
> 
> It relies on the hypervisor to clear the features data for unknown /
> unsupported features range.
> 
> The current pci-modern implementation, in such scenario, leaves the
> data memory untouched, which causes the guest kernel assuming "random"
> features are supported (and possibly leaks host memory contents).
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvmtool (master), thanks!

[1/1] virtio/pci: explicit zero unknown devices features
      https://git.kernel.org/will/kvmtool/c/c4e9b3a8de7f

Cheers,
-- 
Will

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