On 2026-07-27 12:25 p.m., Solar Designer wrote:
On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 09:46:12AM -0400, Reid Sutherland wrote:
For your information.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git/commit/?id=a204badd8432f93b7e862e7dac6db0fe3d65f370
Thanks, but can you please explain why exactly you think this is
noteworthy for oss-security?
I see there's a recent Phoronix story:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KVM-Chainsaw-Linux-7.3
and the patch series had been tracked and archived by LWN.
This is definitely noteworthy for KVM project development, but even
seeing all those other resources, I do not see why bring this in here?
Core changes to virtualization should receive examination. Changing data
structures around because they're too big.. it's concerning, following
that patch is tricky because of its size. Would feel better about it if
changes like this were passed through a reliable LLM, but even that
requires relevant experience. And naming it chainsaw, what purpose does
that serve? I have very little trust.
In general, posting a link without explanation is inappropriate here.
The 16+ year local root vulnerabilities in the kernel is enough of a
bruising to be extra cautious.
