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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [xen master] SUPPORT.md: Un-shimmed 32-bit PV guests are no longer supported
commit 1a0f2fe2297d122a08fee2b26de5de995fdeca13
Author: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu May 6 13:38:02 2021 +0100
Commit: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri Jun 4 17:24:05 2021 +0100
SUPPORT.md: Un-shimmed 32-bit PV guests are no longer supported
The support status of 32-bit guests doesn't seem particularly useful.
With it changed to fully unsupported outside of PV-shim, adjust the PV32
Kconfig default accordingly.
Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
---
SUPPORT.md | 9 +--------
xen/arch/x86/Kconfig | 7 +++++--
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/SUPPORT.md b/SUPPORT.md
index 7a53635c9e..317392d8f3 100644
--- a/SUPPORT.md
+++ b/SUPPORT.md
@@ -86,14 +86,7 @@ No hardware requirements
Status, x86_64: Supported
Status, x86_32, shim: Supported
- Status, x86_32, without shim: Supported, with caveats
-
-Due to architectural limitations,
-32-bit PV guests must be assumed to be able to read arbitrary host memory
-using speculative execution attacks.
-Advisories will continue to be issued
-for new vulnerabilities related to un-shimmed 32-bit PV guests
-enabling denial-of-service attacks or privilege escalation attacks.
+ Status, x86_32, without shim: Supported, not security supported
### x86/HVM
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig b/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig
index e55e029b79..9b164db641 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ config PV
config PV32
bool "Support for 32bit PV guests"
depends on PV
- default y
+ default PV_SHIM
select COMPAT
---help---
The 32bit PV ABI uses Ring1, an area of the x86 architecture which
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ config PV32
reduction, or performance reasons. Backwards compatibility can be
provided via the PV Shim mechanism.
- If unsure, say Y.
+ Note that outside of PV Shim, 32-bit PV guests are not security
+ supported anymore.
+
+ If unsure, use the default setting.
config PV_LINEAR_PT
bool "Support for PV linear pagetables"
--
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