iommu

The Linux kernel's VT-d IOMMU driver received a targeted upstream patch that closes a race-condition and use-after-free exposure in the I/O page-fault (IOPF) reporting path by switching to a rbtree lookup for probed devices and introducing a synchronization mutex — a change that corrects a...

A recently assigned CVE identifier, CVE-2025-40293, closes a subtle arithmetic bug in the Linux kernel’s iommufd dirty-tracking code that could produce a divide-by-zero kernel fault when unusual page-size shift values are used; upstream maintainers reorganized the arithmetic to avoid overflow...

Installing Windows 11 on Proxmox is eminently doable, but it’s not the “select ISO and click next” experience many users expect — you’ll need additional ISOs, a UEFI firmware, a virtual TPM, and the correct VirtIO drivers at the right step in the installer to get a clean, performant VM...

Virtual machines are nothing mystical—yet a small stack of persistent myths keeps turning otherwise sensible choices into needless fear, wasted money, or fragile setups that break at the worst moment. The five misconceptions below are the ones most likely to trip up hobbyists, home-labbers, and...

Running high-end games on a virtual machine might once have sounded ludicrous to even the most seasoned system tinkerers, but recent advances in virtualization, hardware, and optimized software tools are rewriting the rules for home lab enthusiasts and power users. For many, the transition from...

Hello to everyone. What I would like to understand if why,when I try to passthru my RTX 2080 ti from FreeBSD to Windows 11,it won't do it,causing the error 12. It says that it generates a resource conflict and requires additional installation). I'm trying to debug the error. Below you see the...