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0 pointskbar1311y ago0 comments

realize that there's Xen HVM and Xen PV. there have been significantly more security issues in HVM than there have been in PV.

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walterbell11y ago· 1 in thread

Do we know why HVM/hw-virt has had more security issues than PV/sw-virt?

larsk11y ago

Yes, because it uses QEMU. That means more code, and ultimately more bugs, which means more possible exploits.

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