linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/9] KVM: x86: sgdt and sidt are not privilaged

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Message-Id: <1401723251-8034-5-git-send-email-namit@cs.technion.ac.il>
Date:	Mon,  2 Jun 2014 18:34:06 +0300
From:	Nadav Amit <namit@...technion.ac.il>
To:	pbonzini@...hat.com
Cc:	gleb@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
	hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Nadav Amit <namit@...technion.ac.il>
Subject: [PATCH 4/9] KVM: x86: sgdt and sidt are not privilaged

The SGDT and SIDT instructions are not privilaged, i.e. they can be executed
with CPL>0.

Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@...technion.ac.il>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 7e4a45c..a16bf22 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -3642,8 +3642,8 @@ static const struct opcode group6[] = {
 };
 
 static const struct group_dual group7 = { {
-	II(Mov | DstMem | Priv,			em_sgdt, sgdt),
-	II(Mov | DstMem | Priv,			em_sidt, sidt),
+	II(Mov | DstMem,			em_sgdt, sgdt),
+	II(Mov | DstMem,			em_sidt, sidt),
 	II(SrcMem | Priv,			em_lgdt, lgdt),
 	II(SrcMem | Priv,			em_lidt, lidt),
 	II(SrcNone | DstMem | Mov,		em_smsw, smsw), N,
-- 
1.9.1

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