Same MAC address is given for NIC devices with virtio device model in KVM guests

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • If a virtio device in a KVM guest is temporarily assigned a new MAC address, it will still use this address when the VM is reset

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

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