On 15/09/15 17:28, Thomas DEBESSE wrote:
> 2015-09-15 18:09 GMT+02:00 Andrew Cooper <andrew.coop...@citrix.com
> <mailto:andrew.coop...@citrix.com>>:
>
>     The instantiation of HYPERVISOR_update_va_mapping() in
>     set_aliased_prot() has always been buggy in pvops kernels.
>
>     This bug should be fixed by c/s 0b0e55 "x86/xen: Probe target
>     addresses in set_aliased_prot before the hypercall" which is in
>     the process of being backported to #stable as a prerequisite for
>     the recent LDT CVE fixes.
>
>     ~Andrew
>
>
> OK thanks, I will stick with the 3.2 kernel for the moment, it seems
> to work with it.
> I don't know why, but only one vm seems to be affected (and they all
> are built the same way).

It will depend on userspace running in the VM as to whether the bug gets
tickled.

~Andrew
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