(already submitted @ Fedora; advised to post here to upstream as well)

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: regression in 6.15.5: KVM guest launch FAILSs with missing CPU feature error (sbpb, ibpb-brtype) Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2025 17:37:57 -0400 From: pgnd pgnd@dev-mail.net Reply-To: pgnd@dev-mail.net To: kernel@lists.fedoraproject.org

i'm seeing a regression on Fedora 42 kernel 6.15.4 -> 6.15.5 on AMD Ryzen 5 5600G host (x86_64)

kvm guests that launch ok under kernels 6.15.[3,4] fail with the following error when attempting to autostart under 6.15.5:

internal error: Failed to autostart VM: operation failed: guest CPU doesn't match specification: missing features: sbpb,ibpb-brtype

no changes made to libvirt, qemu, or VM defs between kernel versions. re-booting to old kernel versions restores expected behavior.

maybe related (?) to recent changes in AMD CPU feature exposure / mitigation handling in kernel 6.15.5?

i've opened a bug:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2379784