Bug#1050239: linux-image-6.1.0-11-amd64 breaks usermode networking for Windows VM in Gnome Boxes

[Stijn Segers <foss@volatilesystems.org>]

Hi Salvatore,


Op woensdag 30 augustus 2023 om 15:03:37 +02:00:00 schreef Salvatore 
Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>:
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
>
> On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 03:45:08PM +0200, Stijn Segers wrote:
> >  Package: linux-image-6.1.0-11-amd64
> >  Version: 6.1.38-4
> >
> >  Using kernel linux-image-6.1.0-11-amd64, my Windows 10 VM loses 
> > network
> >  connectivity. Linux VMs still work (tested with an Xubuntu 23.04 
> > and 22.04
> >  LTS VM). Rolling back to linux-image-6.1.0-10-amd64 makes the 
> > Windows VM
> >  connect to the network again.
> >
> >  Tested in Gnome Boxes on Debian Bookworm; used virt-manager as well 
> > to start
> >  the Windows VM to make sure it was not a Gnome Boxes issue.
> >
> >  Network configuration snippet of the Windows 10 VM:
> >
> >
> >      </controller>
> >      <interface type='user'>
> >        <mac address='52:54:00:xx:xx:xx'/>
> >        <model type='rtl8139'/>
> >        <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x01'
> >  function='0x0'/>
> >      </interface>
> >      <smartcard mode='passthrough' type='spicevmc'>
>
> You are not giving information on the underlying host, but can you
> specificy is this a regression from 6.1.38-2?

Apologies, host is a AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor. It is indeed a 
regression from 6.1.38-2.


> While not exactly the same, there were regression from the AMD
> Inception fixes, can you verify if #1043585 is the same and the
> upstream changes fixes your issue?

I installed 6.1.52-1 and the Windows VM has network again, so this 
seems solved.

Grazie mille!

Stijn

> Regards,
> Salvatore