The ACPI index of a device in a running guest can't be modified, and libvirt doesn't actually attempt to modify it, but it was possible for a user to request such a modification, and libvirt wouldn't complain, thus misleading the user into thinking that it had actually been changed. Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1998920 Signed-off-by: Laine Stump <laine@xxxxxxxxxx> --- src/conf/domain_conf.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c index fefc527901..7ff890d8b7 100644 --- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c +++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c @@ -28485,6 +28485,12 @@ virDomainDefCompatibleDevice(virDomainDef *def, _("changing device alias is not allowed")); return -1; } + + if (data.newInfo->acpiIndex != data.oldInfo->acpiIndex) { + virReportError(VIR_ERR_OPERATION_DENIED, "%s", + _("changing device 'acpi index' is not allowed")); + return -1; + } } if (!virDomainDefHasUSB(def) && -- 2.31.1