From: "Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@citrix.com>
To: Demi Marie Obenour <demi@invisiblethingslab.com>
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@suse.com>,
"Andrew Cooper" <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
"Marek Marczykowski-Górecki" <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Fix two problems in the microcode parsers
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 09:47:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZuPt9eROADYZqs4o@macbook.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a7dcfa4c8d4ca16fc734d729b34dbd693ec56f45.1726174797.git.demi@invisiblethingslab.com>
On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 05:11:32PM -0400, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:
> The microcode might come from a questionable source, so it is necessary
> for the parsers to treat it as untrusted. The CPU will validate the
> microcode before applying it, so loading microcode from unofficial
> sources is actually a legitimate thing to do in some cases.
As said by Jan I think this needs expanding as to what's actually
being fixed, to give readers context.
Additionally you want to add one or more "Fixes" tags if this is a
bugfix.
Thanks, Roger.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-09-13 7:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-09-12 17:39 [PATCH] Fix two problems in the microcode parsers Demi Marie Obenour
2024-09-12 18:44 ` Andrew Cooper
2024-09-12 18:47 ` Andrew Cooper
2024-09-12 21:01 ` Demi Marie Obenour
2024-09-12 21:11 ` [PATCH v2] " Demi Marie Obenour
2024-09-13 7:02 ` Jan Beulich
2024-09-13 7:47 ` Roger Pau Monné [this message]
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