[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Regression update for libvirt in bullseye?

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

On 07/01/2026 16:20, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> The latest update to src:linux for bullseye (DLA 4404-1) caused a
> regression for libvirt (#1124549).  This is due to libvirt passing a
> previously undefined flag to netlink that is now checked and rejected.
> This was fixed in libvirt 7.1.0 (upstream commit 81334002340b) so is not
> present in later Debian releases.
> 
> Since the kernel change was originally made back in 2022, I don't think
> we're going to see a workaround added for the libvirt bug now.  So I
> propose to reassign this bug to libvirt and apply the upstream fix
> there.  It is a trivial patch and I have already tested that it fixes
> the issue.
> 
> Let me know soon if you have any objections to this.

That sounds sensible.

Cheers,
Emilio