linux-kernel - [PATCH 102/104] KVM: x86 emulator: fix src, dst value initialization

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Date:	Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:32:24 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 102/104] KVM: x86 emulator: fix src, dst value initialization

From: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@...el.com>

Some operand fetches are less than the machine word size and can result in
stale bits if used together with operands of different sizes.

Signed-off-by: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
---
 drivers/kvm/x86_emulate.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/kvm/x86_emulate.c b/drivers/kvm/x86_emulate.c
index cf8db67..7360a71 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/x86_emulate.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/x86_emulate.c
@@ -827,6 +827,7 @@ done_prefixes:
 	      srcmem_common:
 		src.type = OP_MEM;
 		src.ptr = (unsigned long *)cr2;
+		src.val = 0;
 		if ((rc = ops->read_emulated((unsigned long)src.ptr,
 					     &src.val, src.bytes, ctxt->vcpu)) != 0)
 			goto done;
@@ -891,6 +892,7 @@ done_prefixes:
 		dst.type = OP_MEM;
 		dst.ptr = (unsigned long *)cr2;
 		dst.bytes = (d & ByteOp) ? 1 : op_bytes;
+		dst.val = 0;
 		if (d & BitOp) {
 			unsigned long mask = ~(dst.bytes * 8 - 1);
 
-- 
1.5.3

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