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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/3] x86: XSA-109/110 follow-up (to be considered for 4.5)



>>> On 20.11.14 at 11:04, <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 1: tighten page table owner checking in do_mmu_update()
> 2: don't ignore foreigndom input on various MMUEXT ops
> 3: HVM: don't crash guest upon problems occurring in user mode
> 
> Reason to request considering this for 4.5: Tightened argument
> checking (as done in the first two patches) reduces the chances
> of them getting abused. Not unduly crashing the guest (as done
> in the third one) may avoid future security issues of guest user
> mode affecting the guest kernel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

Hi Konrad - looks like I forgot to Cc you...

Jan


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