linux-kernel - __gfn_to_hva_memslot Spectre patch for stable (Was: Re: [GIT PULL] KVM fixes for 5.13-rc6)

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Message-ID: <341559af-911e-d85f-f966-2bbc88a72114@oracle.com>
Date:   Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:08:33 +0200
From:   "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <maciej.szmigiero@...cle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Artemiy Margaritov <artemiy.margaritov@...il.com>
Subject: __gfn_to_hva_memslot Spectre patch for stable (Was: Re: [GIT PULL]
 KVM fixes for 5.13-rc6)

On 09.06.2021 02:07, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
(..)
> Paolo Bonzini (1):
>        kvm: avoid speculation-based attacks from out-of-range memslot accesses
> 

That commit looks like something that stable kernels might benefit from, too -
any plans to submit it for stable?

Responding to the pull request since I can't find that patch posted on
a mailing list.

Thanks,
Maciej