Re: [PATCH backport hints for 3.10] KVM: x86: Convert vapic synchronization to _cached functions (CVE-2013-6368)

2013-12-18 Thread Greg KH
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

[PATCH backport hints for 3.10] KVM: x86: Convert vapic synchronization to _cached functions (CVE-2013-6368)

2013-12-16 Thread Paolo Bonzini
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

Re: [PATCH backport hints for 3.10] KVM: x86: Convert vapic synchronization to _cached functions (CVE-2013-6368)

2013-12-16 Thread Greg KH
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

Re: [PATCH backport hints for 3.10] KVM: x86: Convert vapic synchronization to _cached functions (CVE-2013-6368)

2013-12-16 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Il 16/12/2013 16:24, Greg KH ha scritto: 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