Re: [PATCH v6 08/12] PCI: liveupdate: Inherit ACS flags in incoming preserved devices

From: Jason Gunthorpe

Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 14:19:00 EST


On Mon, Jun 08, 2026 at 10:49:29AM +0000, Pranjal Shrivastava wrote:

> My point was that a FW exploit can meddle with the bitfields of the
> ACS_CTRL to spoof and mis-report the ACS flags.

Devices can also ignore the ACS flags. I don't think this is an area
where we should be worrying about devices being actively hostile.

Jason