lists.openwall.net   lists  /  announce  owl-users  owl-dev  john-users  john-dev  passwdqc-users  yescrypt  popa3d-users  /  oss-security  kernel-hardening  musl  sabotage  tlsify  passwords  /  crypt-dev  xvendor  /  Bugtraq  Full-Disclosure  linux-kernel  linux-netdev  linux-ext4  linux-hardening  linux-cve-announce  PHC 
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
 
Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.
[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Date:	Thu, 7 Jan 2016 11:07:35 +0100
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>, gleb@...nel.org
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] kvm:x86:Make sure kvm_write_guest successes for
 first call in kvm_write_wall_clock



On 30/12/2015 19:08, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> This makes sure that kvm_write_guest successes for the first call
> in order to make sure that the wall clock is successfully written
> to the host system before being calucated as required by the
> guest system.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index eed3228..7551f30 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -1167,7 +1167,8 @@ static void kvm_write_wall_clock(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t wall_clock)
>  
>  	++version;
>  
> -	kvm_write_guest(kvm, wall_clock, &version, sizeof(version));
> +	if (kvm_write_guest(kvm, wall_clock, &version, sizeof(version)))
> +		return;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * The guest calculates current wall clock time by adding
> 

Applied, thanks.

Paolo
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Powered by Openwall GNU/*/Linux Powered by OpenVZ