NACK [CVE-2016-5412][Vivid][PATCH 0/2] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Save/restore TM state in H_CEDE

[Luis Henriques]

On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 03:43:52PM +0100, Luis Henriques wrote:
> Following this email I'm sending the 2 patches that fix CVE-2016-5412 for
> vivid.  All other ubuntu kernels already include the fix or are not affected by
> this issue.
> 
> Paul Mackerras (2):
>   KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Pull out TM state save/restore into separate
>     procedures
>   KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Save/restore TM state in H_CEDE
> 
>  arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S | 462 +++++++++++++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 250 insertions(+), 212 deletions(-)
> 
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I'm NACK'ing these patches because this CVE affects powerpc platforms only,
which we don't support in vivid anymore.

Cheers,
--
Luís