Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86-64, modify_ldt: Ban 16-bit segments on 64-bit kernels

Borislav Petkov
2014-04-12T19:35:54Z

On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 10:18:25AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> So Wine regressed and noone noticed? They doesn't sound like an active
> user base.

Btw, wouldn't this obscure use case simply work in a KVM guest with a
kernel <= 3.14?

Because if so, we simply cut it at 3.14, everything newer has the leak
fix and people who still want to play phone games on a x86 machine, can
do so in a guest with an older kernel. Everybody's happy.

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Boris.

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