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From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: xen-CVE-2013-1442-XSA-62.patch
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 17:59:05 +0100
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On 02/10/13 17:47, IAN DELANEY wrote:
> I am confused.
>
> http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-62.html says 
>
> "Applying the attached patch resolves this issue.
>
> xsa62.patch                 Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and unstable
> "
>         #Security patches
>         epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-4-CVE-2013-1918-XSA-45_[1-7].patch \
>                 "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-4.2-2013-2076-XSA-52to54.patch \
>                 "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-4.2-CVE-2013-1432-XSA-58.patch \
>                 "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-CVE-2013-4355-XSA-63.patch \
>                 "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-CVE-2013-4361-XSA-66.patch \
>                 "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-CVE-2013-1442-XSA-62.patch
>
> in the ebuild yields
>
> * Applying
>   xen-4.2-2013-2076-XSA-52to54.patch ...
>   [ ok ]
>  * Applying
>   xen-4.2-CVE-2013-1432-XSA-58.patch ...
>   [ ok ]
>  * Applying
>   xen-CVE-2013-4355-XSA-63.patch ...
>   [ ok ]
>  * Applying
>   xen-CVE-2013-4361-XSA-66.patch ...
>   [ ok ]
>  * Applying xen-CVE-2013-1442-XSA-62.patch ...
>
>  * Failed Patch: xen-CVE-2013-1442-XSA-62.patch !
>  *
>    ( /home/testuser/cvsPortage/gentoo-x86/app-emulation/xen/files/xen-CVE-2013-1442-XSA-62.patch
>    )
>  * 
>  * Include in your bugreport the contents of:
>  * 
>  *   /mnt/gen2/TmpDir/portage/app-emulation/xen-4.2.2-r2/temp/xen-CVE-2013-1442-XSA-62.patch.out
>
>  * ERROR: app-emulation/xen-4.2.2-r2::gentoo failed (prepare phase):
>  *   Failed Patch: xen-CVE-2013-1442-XSA-62.patch!
>
> and int handle_xsetbv does not appear in 
> xen-4.2.2/xen/arch/x86/xstate.c
>
> Does it really apply to 4.2.x????
>
> --  kind regards
>
> Ian Delaney

It applies to 4.2-stable/staging.  It does however have functional and
textural dependencies on several of the recent backports into that tree,
so if your base tree is not very up to date, you have some extra
backports to do.  (Which is a good thing really, as xsave was
functionally broken before)

~Andrew