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PCI virtualization on WindowsForum.com covers topics related to the PCI I/O virtualization (PCI/IOV) specification, including Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV). Discussions include kernel-level fixes for race conditions and locking gaps in SR-IOV code, such as the CVE-2025-40219 vulnerability in Linux. The content addresses concurrency issues during SR-IOV enable/disable operations and their impact on system stability. While the tag focuses on PCI virtualization, the available sources center on Linux kernel patches rather than Windows-specific implementations. Users interested in hardware virtualization, PCI passthrough, and SR-IOV troubleshooting may find relevant technical discussions here.
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    Linux Kernel CVE-2025-40219: Fix for SR-IOV PCI Race and Lock Gap

    A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-40219, fixes a long-standing race and locking gap in the kernel’s PCI I/O virtualization (PCI/IOV) SR-IOV code: enabling and disabling SR-IOV did not take the global PCI “rescan‑remove” serialization lock, allowing concurrent...
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