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KVM: x86: work around infinite loop in microcode when #AC is delivered
authorEric Northup <digitaleric@google.com>
Tue, 3 Nov 2015 17:03:53 +0000 (18:03 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 9 Dec 2015 19:31:13 +0000 (14:31 -0500)
commit832ddbfa33ba334ab7b136fc525a4c853519a1aa
tree64e0001d0eec9b873a2ecb7be13322181148f515
parentf47e259ebdfcc68f4d3e30b3ce77d920fc30b618
KVM: x86: work around infinite loop in microcode when #AC is delivered

commit 54a20552e1eae07aa240fa370a0293e006b5faed upstream.

It was found that a guest can DoS a host by triggering an infinite
stream of "alignment check" (#AC) exceptions.  This causes the
microcode to enter an infinite loop where the core never receives
another interrupt.  The host kernel panics pretty quickly due to the
effects (CVE-2015-5307).

Signed-off-by: Eric Northup <digitaleric@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/svm.h
arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c