Re: [PATCH 10/28] hw/usb: mark commonly used USB devices/hosts as secure

[Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Oct 02, 2026 at 09:21:01PM +0400, marcandre.lureau@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Most of the standardized  USB1/2/3 host controllers are relevant
> > for virtualization use cases, so should be declared secure. The
> > "NEC" XHCI variant is slightly non-standard, but since it is a
> > trivial sub-class of the generic XHCI, there's no reason to
> > exclude it.
> > 
> > The set of devices that are expected to be used is HID (mouse,
> > tablet, keyboard), host passthrough, CCID (smartcard), hub,
> > storage and the redirect tunnelling.
> 
> Can't we exclude uhci/ehci nowadays?

RHEL-10 still ships both, so there's still a demand from a downstream
POV, but USB is in an awkward place with its lack of maintainership,
and arguably these should be considered obsolete.


With regards,
Daniel
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