Message ID | 20240221101711.2105066-1-maz@kernel.org (mailing list archive) |
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State | New, archived |
Headers | show |
Series | [GIT,PULL] KVM/arm64 fixes for 6.8, take #3 | expand |
On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 11:17 AM Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> wrote: > > Hey Paolo, > > Another week, another couple of fixes. This time, two fixes for the > ITS emulation that could result in non-existent LPIs being used, with > unpredictable consequences. Thanks to Oliver for spotting those as he > was reworking the ITS translation cache. The consequences would really be NULL pointer dereferences, wouldn't they? Pulled, thanks (not pushed so that I can adjust the merge commit message). Paolo
On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:22:04 +0000, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 11:17 AM Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> wrote: > > > > Hey Paolo, > > > > Another week, another couple of fixes. This time, two fixes for the > > ITS emulation that could result in non-existent LPIs being used, with > > unpredictable consequences. Thanks to Oliver for spotting those as he > > was reworking the ITS translation cache. > > The consequences would really be NULL pointer dereferences, wouldn't they? That's the effect. The consequences depend on how the fault is handled ('benign' oops, panic, or reboot...). Thanks, M.