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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, francis.moro@gmail.com,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH backport hints for <3.10] KVM: x86: Convert vapic synchronization to _cached functions (CVE-2013-6368)
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 07:24:46 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131216152446.GA1894@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1387193897-24658-1-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com>

On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 12:38:17PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> The KVM patch "fix vapic memory corruption" applies to most kernels that
> have KVM, but the fix does not apply on many older branches.  The APIs it
> uses are available in 3.1, but until 3.9 kvm_gfn_to_hva_cache_init had
> one fewer parameter.
> 
> The comments in this patch should help fixing kvm_lapic_set_vapic_addr
> in older kernels.  I will review the backports as they are posted to
> LKML (if I am CCed...).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h |  4 ++--
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c   | 33 +--------------------------------
>  3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

I don't understand, what are people supposed to do with this?

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2013-12-16 15:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-16 11:38 [PATCH backport hints for <3.10] KVM: x86: Convert vapic synchronization to _cached functions (CVE-2013-6368) Paolo Bonzini
2013-12-16 15:24 ` Greg KH [this message]
2013-12-16 19:39   ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-12-18 17:53 ` Greg KH

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