diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b29b36efa3..0fe0a3a878 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -129,22 +129,23 @@ DEFAULT_HYPERVISOR ?= $(HYPERVISOR_QEMU)
 HYPERVISORS := $(HYPERVISOR_ACRN) $(HYPERVISOR_FC) $(HYPERVISOR_QEMU) $(HYPERVISOR_QEMU_VIRTIOFS) $(HYPERVISOR_CLH)
 
 QEMUPATH := $(QEMUBINDIR)/$(QEMUCMD)
-QEMUPATHLIST := [\"$(QEMUPATH)\"]
+QEMUVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS := [\"$(QEMUPATH)\"]
 
 QEMUVIRTIOFSPATH := $(QEMUBINDIR)/$(QEMUVIRTIOFSCMD)
+QEMUVALIDVIRTIOFSPATHS := [\"$(QEMUVIRTIOFSPATH)\"]
 
 CLHPATH := $(CLHBINDIR)/$(CLHCMD)
-CLHPATHLIST := [\"$(CLHBINDIR)/$(CLHCMD)\"]
+CLHVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS := [\"$(CLHBINDIR)/$(CLHCMD)\"]
 
 FCPATH = $(FCBINDIR)/$(FCCMD)
-FCPATHLIST = [\"$(FCPATH)\"]
+FCVALIDPATHS = [\"$(FCPATH)\"]
 FCJAILERPATH = $(FCBINDIR)/$(FCJAILERCMD)
-FCJAILERPATHLIST = [\"$(FCJAILERPATH)\"]
+FCVALIDJAILERPATHS = [\"$(FCJAILERPATH)\"]
 
 ACRNPATH := $(ACRNBINDIR)/$(ACRNCMD)
-ACRNPATHLIST := [\"$(ACRNPATH)\"]
+ACRNVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS := [\"$(ACRNPATH)\"]
 ACRNCTLPATH := $(ACRNBINDIR)/$(ACRNCTLCMD)
-ACRNCTLPATHLIST := [\"$(ACRNCTLPATH)\"]
+ACRNVALIDCTLPATHS := [\"$(ACRNCTLPATH)\"]
 
 SHIMCMD := $(BIN_PREFIX)-shim
 SHIMPATH := $(PKGLIBEXECDIR)/$(SHIMCMD)
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ DEFDISABLEBLOCK := false
 DEFSHAREDFS := virtio-9p
 DEFSHAREDFS_QEMU_VIRTIOFS := virtio-fs
 DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON := $(VIRTIOFSDBINDIR)/virtiofsd
-DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMONLIST := [\"$(DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON)\"]
+DEFVALIDVIRTIOFSDAEMONPATHS := [\"$(DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON)\"]
 # Default DAX mapping cache size in MiB
 #if value is 0, DAX is not enabled
 DEFVIRTIOFSCACHESIZE := 0
@@ -198,9 +199,9 @@ DEFENABLEMEMPREALLOC := false
 DEFENABLEHUGEPAGES := false
 DEFENABLEVHOSTUSERSTORE := false
 DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATH := $(PKGRUNDIR)/vhost-user
-DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHLIST := [\"$(DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATH)\"]
+DEFVALIDVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHS := [\"$(DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATH)\"]
 DEFFILEMEMBACKEND := ""
-DEFFILEMEMBACKENDLIST := [\"$(DEFFILEMEMBACKEND)\"]
+DEFVALIDFILEMEMBACKENDS := [\"$(DEFFILEMEMBACKEND)\"]
 DEFENABLESWAP := false
 DEFENABLEDEBUG := false
 DEFDISABLENESTINGCHECKS := false
@@ -401,14 +402,14 @@ USER_VARS += ACRNCTLCMD
 USER_VARS += ACRNPATH
 USER_VARS += ACRNPATHLIST
 USER_VARS += ACRNCTLPATH
-USER_VARS += ACRNCTLPATHLIST
+USER_VARS += ACRNVALIDCTLPATHS
 USER_VARS += CLHPATH
-USER_VARS += CLHPATHLIST
+USER_VARS += CLHVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS
 USER_VARS += FCCMD
 USER_VARS += FCPATH
-USER_VARS += FCPATHLIST
+USER_VARS += FCVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS
 USER_VARS += FCJAILERPATH
-USER_VARS += FCJAILERPATHLIST
+USER_VARS += FCVALIDJAILERPATHS
 USER_VARS += SYSCONFIG
 USER_VARS += IMAGENAME
 USER_VARS += IMAGEPATH
@@ -440,10 +441,10 @@ USER_VARS += NETMONPATH
 USER_VARS += QEMUBINDIR
 USER_VARS += QEMUCMD
 USER_VARS += QEMUPATH
-USER_VARS += QEMUPATHLIST
+USER_VARS += QEMUVALIDPATHS
 USER_VARS += QEMUVIRTIOFSCMD
 USER_VARS += QEMUVIRTIOFSPATH
-USER_VARS += QEMUVIRTIOFSPATHLIST
+USER_VARS += QEMUVALIDVIRTIOFSPATHS
 USER_VARS += SHAREDIR
 USER_VARS += SHIMPATH
 USER_VARS += SYSCONFDIR
@@ -466,7 +467,7 @@ USER_VARS += DEFBLOCKSTORAGEDRIVER_QEMU_VIRTIOFS
 USER_VARS += DEFSHAREDFS
 USER_VARS += DEFSHAREDFS_QEMU_VIRTIOFS
 USER_VARS += DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON
-USER_VARS += DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMONLIST
+USER_VARS += DEFVALIDVIRTIOFSDAEMONPATHS
 USER_VARS += DEFVIRTIOFSCACHESIZE
 USER_VARS += DEFVIRTIOFSCACHE
 USER_VARS += DEFVIRTIOFSEXTRAARGS
@@ -475,9 +476,9 @@ USER_VARS += DEFENABLEMEMPREALLOC
 USER_VARS += DEFENABLEHUGEPAGES
 USER_VARS += DEFENABLEVHOSTUSERSTORE
 USER_VARS += DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATH
-USER_VARS += DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHLIST
+USER_VARS += DEFVALIDVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHS
 USER_VARS += DEFFILEMEMBACKEND
-USER_VARS += DEFFILEMEMBACKENDLIST
+USER_VARS += DEFVALIDFILEMEMBACKENDS
 USER_VARS += DEFENABLESWAP
 USER_VARS += DEFENABLEDEBUG
 USER_VARS += DEFDISABLENESTINGCHECKS
@@ -623,15 +624,15 @@ $(GENERATED_FILES): %: %.in $(MAKEFILE_LIST) VERSION .git-commit
 		-e "s|@CONFIG_FC_IN@|$(CONFIG_FC_IN)|g" \
 		-e "s|@CONFIG_PATH@|$(CONFIG_PATH)|g" \
 		-e "s|@FCPATH@|$(FCPATH)|g" \
-		-e "s|@FCPATHLIST@|$(FCPATHLIST)|g" \
+		-e "s|@FCVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS@|$(FCVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS)|g" \
 		-e "s|@FCJAILERPATH@|$(FCJAILERPATH)|g" \
-		-e "s|@FCJAILERPATHLIST@|$(FCJAILERPATHLIST)|g" \
+		-e "s|@FCVALIDJAILERPATHS@|$(FCVALIDJAILERPATHS)|g" \
 		-e "s|@ACRNPATH@|$(ACRNPATH)|g" \
-		-e "s|@ACRNPATHLIST@|$(ACRNPATHLIST)|g" \
+		-e "s|@ACRNVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS@|$(ACRNVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS)|g" \
 		-e "s|@ACRNCTLPATH@|$(ACRNCTLPATH)|g" \
-		-e "s|@ACRNCTLPATHLIST@|$(ACRNCTLPATHLIST)|g" \
+		-e "s|@ACRNVALIDCTLPATHS@|$(ACRNVALIDCTLPATHS)|g" \
 		-e "s|@CLHPATH@|$(CLHPATH)|g" \
-		-e "s|@CLHPATHLIST@|$(CLHPATHLIST)|g" \
+		-e "s|@CLHVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS@|$(CLHVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS)|g" \
 		-e "s|@SYSCONFIG@|$(SYSCONFIG)|g" \
 		-e "s|@IMAGEPATH@|$(IMAGEPATH)|g" \
 		-e "s|@KERNELPATH_ACRN@|$(KERNELPATH_ACRN)|g" \
@@ -658,9 +659,9 @@ $(GENERATED_FILES): %: %.in $(MAKEFILE_LIST) VERSION .git-commit
 		-e "s|@PROJECT_TAG@|$(PROJECT_TAG)|g" \
 		-e "s|@PROJECT_TYPE@|$(PROJECT_TYPE)|g" \
 		-e "s|@QEMUPATH@|$(QEMUPATH)|g" \
-		-e "s|@QEMUPATHLIST@|$(QEMUPATHLIST)|g" \
+		-e "s|@QEMUVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS@|$(QEMUVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS)|g" \
 		-e "s|@QEMUVIRTIOFSPATH@|$(QEMUVIRTIOFSPATH)|g" \
-		-e "s|@QEMUVIRTIOFSPATHLIST@|$(QEMUVIRTIOFSPATHLIST)|g" \
+		-e "s|@QEMUVALIDVIRTIOFSPATHS@|$(QEMUVALIDVIRTIOFSPATHS)|g" \
 		-e "s|@RUNTIME_NAME@|$(TARGET)|g" \
 		-e "s|@MACHINETYPE@|$(MACHINETYPE)|g" \
 		-e "s|@SHIMPATH@|$(SHIMPATH)|g" \
@@ -685,7 +686,7 @@ $(GENERATED_FILES): %: %.in $(MAKEFILE_LIST) VERSION .git-commit
 		-e "s|@DEFSHAREDFS@|$(DEFSHAREDFS)|g" \
 		-e "s|@DEFSHAREDFS_QEMU_VIRTIOFS@|$(DEFSHAREDFS_QEMU_VIRTIOFS)|g" \
 		-e "s|@DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON@|$(DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON)|g" \
-		-e "s|@DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMONLIST@|$(DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMONLIST)|g" \
+		-e "s|@DEFVALIDVIRTIOFSDAEMONPATHS@|$(DEFVALIDVIRTIOFSDAEMONPATHS)|g" \
 		-e "s|@DEFVIRTIOFSCACHESIZE@|$(DEFVIRTIOFSCACHESIZE)|g" \
 		-e "s|@DEFVIRTIOFSCACHE@|$(DEFVIRTIOFSCACHE)|g" \
 		-e "s|@DEFVIRTIOFSEXTRAARGS@|$(DEFVIRTIOFSEXTRAARGS)|g" \
@@ -694,9 +695,9 @@ $(GENERATED_FILES): %: %.in $(MAKEFILE_LIST) VERSION .git-commit
 		-e "s|@DEFENABLEHUGEPAGES@|$(DEFENABLEHUGEPAGES)|g" \
 		-e "s|@DEFENABLEVHOSTUSERSTORE@|$(DEFENABLEVHOSTUSERSTORE)|g" \
 		-e "s|@DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATH@|$(DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATH)|g" \
-		-e "s|@DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHLIST@|$(DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHLIST)|g" \
+		-e "s|@DEFVALIDVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHS@|$(DEFVALIDVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHS)|g" \
 		-e "s|@DEFFILEMEMBACKEND@|$(DEFFILEMEMBACKEND)|g" \
-		-e "s|@DEFFILEMEMBACKENDLIST@|$(DEFFILEMEMBACKENDLIST)|g" \
+		-e "s|@DEFVALIDFILEMEMBACKENDS@|$(DEFVALIDFILEMEMBACKENDS)|g" \
 		-e "s|@DEFENABLEMSWAP@|$(DEFENABLESWAP)|g" \
 		-e "s|@DEFENABLEDEBUG@|$(DEFENABLEDEBUG)|g" \
 		-e "s|@DEFDISABLENESTINGCHECKS@|$(DEFDISABLENESTINGCHECKS)|g" \
diff --git a/cli/config/configuration-acrn.toml.in b/cli/config/configuration-acrn.toml.in
index 484ce9a48c..1ca35ea982 100644
--- a/cli/config/configuration-acrn.toml.in
+++ b/cli/config/configuration-acrn.toml.in
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ enable_annotations = @DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS@
 # List of valid annotations values for the hypervisor
 # Each member of the list is a path pattern as described by glob(3).
 # The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
-# Your distribution recommends: @ACRNPATHLIST@
-path_list = @ACRNPATHLIST@
+# Your distribution recommends: @ACRNVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS@
+valid_hypervisor_paths = @ACRNVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS@
 
 # List of valid annotations values for ctlpath
 # The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
-# Your distribution recommends: @ACRNCTLPATHLIST@
-ctlpath_list = @ACRNCTLPATHLIST@
+# Your distribution recommends: @ACRNVALIDCTLPATHS@
+valid_ctlpaths = @ACRNVALIDCTLPATHS@
 
 # Optional space-separated list of options to pass to the guest kernel.
 # For example, use `kernel_params = "vsyscall=emulate"` if you are having
diff --git a/cli/config/configuration-clh.toml.in b/cli/config/configuration-clh.toml.in
index 0e92d77b71..8722fbe303 100644
--- a/cli/config/configuration-clh.toml.in
+++ b/cli/config/configuration-clh.toml.in
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ enable_annotations = @DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS@
 # List of valid annotations values for the hypervisor
 # Each member of the list is a path pattern as described by glob(3).
 # The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
-# Your distribution recommends: @CLHPATHLIST@
-path_list = @CLHPATHLIST@
+# Your distribution recommends: @CLHVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS@
+valid_hypervisor_paths = @CLHVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS@
 
 # Optional space-separated list of options to pass to the guest kernel.
 # For example, use `kernel_params = "vsyscall=emulate"` if you are having
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ virtio_fs_daemon = "@DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON@"
 
 # List of valid annotations values for the virtiofs daemon
 # The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
-# Your distribution recommends: @DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMONLIST@
-virtio_fs_daemon_list = @DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMONLIST@
+# Your distribution recommends: @DEFVALIDVIRTIOFSDAEMONPATHS@
+valid_virtio_fs_daemon_paths = @DEFVALIDVIRTIOFSDAEMONPATHS@
 
 # Default size of DAX cache in MiB
 virtio_fs_cache_size = @DEFVIRTIOFSCACHESIZE@
diff --git a/cli/config/configuration-fc.toml.in b/cli/config/configuration-fc.toml.in
index 565c30866b..77b6500722 100644
--- a/cli/config/configuration-fc.toml.in
+++ b/cli/config/configuration-fc.toml.in
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ enable_annotations = @DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS@
 # List of valid annotations values for the hypervisor
 # Each member of the list is a path pattern as described by glob(3).
 # The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
-# Your distribution recommends: @FCPATHLIST@
-path_list = @FCPATHLIST@
+# Your distribution recommends: @FCVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS@
+valid_hypervisor_paths = @FCVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS@
 
 # Path for the jailer specific to firecracker
 # If the jailer path is not set kata will launch firecracker
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ path_list = @FCPATHLIST@
 # List of valid jailer path values for the hypervisor
 # Each member of the list can be a regular expression
 # The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
-# Your distribution recommends: @FCJAILERPATHLIST@
-jailer_path_list = @FCJAILERPATHLIST@
+# Your distribution recommends: @FCVALIDJAILERPATHS@
+valid_jailer_paths = @FCVALIDJAILERPATHS@
 
 
 # Optional space-separated list of options to pass to the guest kernel.
diff --git a/cli/config/configuration-qemu-virtiofs.toml.in b/cli/config/configuration-qemu-virtiofs.toml.in
index d22e372bba..d2bfff7b36 100644
--- a/cli/config/configuration-qemu-virtiofs.toml.in
+++ b/cli/config/configuration-qemu-virtiofs.toml.in
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ enable_annotations = @DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS@
 # List of valid annotations values for the hypervisor
 # Each member of the list is a path pattern as described by glob(3).
 # The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
-# Your distribution recommends: @QEMUVIRTIOFSPATHLIST@
-path_list = @QEMUVIRTIOFSPATHLIST@
+# Your distribution recommends: @QEMUVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS@
+valid_hypervisor_paths = @QEMUVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS@
 
 # Optional space-separated list of options to pass to the guest kernel.
 # For example, use `kernel_params = "vsyscall=emulate"` if you are having
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ virtio_fs_daemon = "@DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON@"
 
 # List of valid annotations values for the virtiofs daemon
 # The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
-# Your distribution recommends: @DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMONLIST@
-virtio_fs_daemon_list = @DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMONLIST@
+# Your distribution recommends: @DEFVALIDVIRTIOFSDAEMONPATHS@
+valid_virtio_fs_daemon_paths = @DEFVALIDVIRTIOFSDAEMONPATHS@
 
 # Default size of DAX cache in MiB
 virtio_fs_cache_size = @DEFVIRTIOFSCACHESIZE@
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ vhost_user_store_path = "@DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATH@"
 
 # List of valid annotations values for the virtiofs daemon
 # The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
-# Your distribution recommends: @DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHLIST@
-vhost_user_store_path_list = @DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHLIST@
+# Your distribution recommends: @DEFVALIDVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHS@
+valid_vhost_user_store_paths = @DEFVALIDVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHS@
 
 # Enable file based guest memory support. The default is an empty string which
 # will disable this feature. In the case of virtio-fs, this is enabled
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ vhost_user_store_path_list = @DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHLIST@
 
 # List of valid annotations values for the file_mem_backend annotation
 # The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
-# Your distribution recommends: @DEFFILEMEMBACKENDLIST@
-file_mem_backend_list = @DEFFILEMEMBACKENDLIST@
+# Your distribution recommends: @DEFVALIDVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHS@
+valid_file_mem_backends = @DEFVALIDFILEMEMBACKENDS@
 
 # Enable swap of vm memory. Default false.
 # The behaviour is undefined if mem_prealloc is also set to true
diff --git a/cli/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in b/cli/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
index df9d56d3b1..89745ca2eb 100644
--- a/cli/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
+++ b/cli/config/configuration-qemu.toml.in
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ enable_annotations = @DEFENABLEANNOTATIONS@
 # List of valid annotations values for the hypervisor
 # Each member of the list is a path pattern as described by glob(3).
 # The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
-# Your distribution recommends: @QEMUPATHLIST@
-path_list = @QEMUPATHLIST@
+# Your distribution recommends: @QEMUVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS@
+valid_hypervisor_paths = @QEMUVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS@
 
 # Optional space-separated list of options to pass to the guest kernel.
 # For example, use `kernel_params = "vsyscall=emulate"` if you are having
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ virtio_fs_daemon = "@DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMON@"
 
 # List of valid annotations values for the virtiofs daemon
 # The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
-# Your distribution recommends: @DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMONLIST@
-virtio_fs_daemon_list = @DEFVIRTIOFSDAEMONLIST@
+# Your distribution recommends: @DEFVALIDVIRTIOFSDAEMONPATHS@
+valid_virtio_fs_daemon_paths = @DEFVALIDVIRTIOFSDAEMONPATHS@
 
 # Default size of DAX cache in MiB
 virtio_fs_cache_size = @DEFVIRTIOFSCACHESIZE@
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ vhost_user_store_path = "@DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATH@"
 
 # List of valid annotations values for the vhost user store path
 # The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
-# Your distribution recommends: @DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHLIST@
-vhost_user_store_path_list = @DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHLIST@
+# Your distribution recommends: @DEFVALIDVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHS@
+valid_vhost_user_store_paths = @DEFVALIDVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHS@
 
 # Enable file based guest memory support. The default is an empty string which
 # will disable this feature. In the case of virtio-fs, this is enabled
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ vhost_user_store_path_list = @DEFVHOSTUSERSTOREPATHLIST@
 
 # List of valid annotations values for the file_mem_backend annotation
 # The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
-# Your distribution recommends: @DEFFILEMEMBACKENDLIST@
-file_mem_backend_list = @DEFFILEMEMBACKENDLIST@
+# Your distribution recommends: @DEFVALIDFILEMEMBACKENDS@
+valid_file_mem_backends = @DEFVALIDFILEMEMBACKENDS@
 
 # Enable swap of vm memory. Default false.
 # The behaviour is undefined if mem_prealloc is also set to true
diff --git a/pkg/katautils/config.go b/pkg/katautils/config.go
index d5b6f93e94..744efb3795 100644
--- a/pkg/katautils/config.go
+++ b/pkg/katautils/config.go
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ type factory struct {
 
 type hypervisor struct {
 	Path                    string   `toml:"path"`
-	HypervisorPathList      []string `toml:"path_list"`
+	HypervisorPathList      []string `toml:"valid_hypervisor_paths"`
 	JailerPath              string   `toml:"jailer_path"`
-	JailerPathList          []string `toml:"jailer_path_list"`
+	JailerPathList          []string `toml:"valid_jailer_paths"`
 	Kernel                  string   `toml:"kernel"`
 	CtlPath                 string   `toml:"ctlpath"`
-	CtlPathList             []string `toml:"ctlpath_list"`
+	CtlPathList             []string `toml:"valid_ctlpaths"`
 	Initrd                  string   `toml:"initrd"`
 	Image                   string   `toml:"image"`
 	Firmware                string   `toml:"firmware"`
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ type hypervisor struct {
 	EntropySource           string   `toml:"entropy_source"`
 	SharedFS                string   `toml:"shared_fs"`
 	VirtioFSDaemon          string   `toml:"virtio_fs_daemon"`
-	VirtioFSDaemonList      []string `toml:"virtio_fs_daemon_list"`
+	VirtioFSDaemonList      []string `toml:"valid_virtio_fs_daemon_paths"`
 	VirtioFSCache           string   `toml:"virtio_fs_cache"`
 	VirtioFSExtraArgs       []string `toml:"virtio_fs_extra_args"`
 	VirtioFSCacheSize       uint32   `toml:"virtio_fs_cache_size"`
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ type hypervisor struct {
 	BlockDeviceCacheNoflush bool     `toml:"block_device_cache_noflush"`
 	EnableVhostUserStore    bool     `toml:"enable_vhost_user_store"`
 	VhostUserStorePath      string   `toml:"vhost_user_store_path"`
-	VhostUserStorePathList  []string `toml:"vhost_user_store_path_list"`
+	VhostUserStorePathList  []string `toml:"valid_vhost_user_store_paths"`
 	NumVCPUs                int32    `toml:"default_vcpus"`
 	DefaultMaxVCPUs         uint32   `toml:"default_maxvcpus"`
 	MemorySize              uint32   `toml:"default_memory"`
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ type hypervisor struct {
 	IOMMU                   bool     `toml:"enable_iommu"`
 	IOMMUPlatform           bool     `toml:"enable_iommu_platform"`
 	FileBackedMemRootDir    string   `toml:"file_mem_backend"`
-	FileBackedMemRootList   []string `toml:"file_mem_backend_list"`
+	FileBackedMemRootList   []string `toml:"valid_file_mem_backends"`
 	Swap                    bool     `toml:"enable_swap"`
 	Debug                   bool     `toml:"enable_debug"`
 	DisableNestingChecks    bool     `toml:"disable_nesting_checks"`