virtio-net receives non-local unicast traffic, does not filter by MAC

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Issue

  • virtio-net receives non-local unicast traffic, does not filter by MAC
  • virtio mac filtering is not working properly
  • VirtIO NIC receives traffic intended for other MAC addresses besides its own without promiscuous mode

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • KVM virtualization
  • virtio-net paravirtualized network interface

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