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Re:Ask HN: What do you use VMs for regularly? by a1xndr on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @12:01PM (#31825482)
> VM escapes are pretty difficult, especially with modern, patched microcode processors

Most VM escapes happen through buggy virtual-devices written in C/C++/.. code. Virtual-device bugs that are exploitable by attackers with root access in the VM are found frequently.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you use VMs for regularly? by fsflover on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @05:08AM (#31833591)
It's not frequent at all with Qubes hardware virtualization: https://www.qubes-os.org/security/xsa/.
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