On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 2:15 AM Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> wrote: > > I suspect rest of work items we have, e.g. > update_balloon_stats_work/update_balloon_size_work > all have issues around freeze/restore and error handling. > > -- > MST >
Hi Michael, We have indeed discovered a kernel crash in update_balloon_stats_work after the balloon driver failed to resume and initialize in our production fleet. Alex Wilkins <[email protected]> diagnosed, root caused, and reported this vulnerability. I am currently drafting and testing a 2-patch series to gracefully unregister callbacks and cancel work items on resume failure so that the VM continues running without the balloon driver instead of crashing with a kernel panic. I wanted to follow up and let you know that we are actively working on this. I will send out the patches to the list as soon as they are sufficiently tested. Best, Link
