[Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v3 0/1] vfio: kvm reference leak on live update

Konstantin Khorenko khorenko at virtuozzo.com
Thu Nov 5 20:51:38 MSK 2026


On Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:17:58 +0200, Andrey Drobyshev wrote:
> vfio: kvm reference leak on live update
> 
> A live update keeps the passthrough device open while the VM is
> re-created. The device holds a reference to the kvm it was opened
> with, so the first VM is never destroyed until the device closes. Take
> that reference only for the drivers that read device->kvm.
> 
> [...]

Applied to branch-rh10-6.12.0-211.52.1.22.x.vz10-ovz, will be released in rh10-6.12.0-211.52.1.22.19.vz10, thanks!

[1/1] vfio: take the kvm reference only for drivers that read device->kvm
      https://bitbucket.org/virtuozzocore/vzkernel.vzs/commits/d83d59385873

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Konstantin Khorenko,
Virtuozzo Linux Kernel Team




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