Re: [GIT PULL] KVM/arm64 fixes for 6.8, take #3

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On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:22:04 +0000,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 11:17 AM Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hey Paolo,
> >
> > Another week, another couple of fixes. This time, two fixes for the
> > ITS emulation that could result in non-existent LPIs being used, with
> > unpredictable consequences. Thanks to Oliver for spotting those as he
> > was reworking the ITS translation cache.
> 
> The consequences would really be NULL pointer dereferences, wouldn't they?

That's the effect. The consequences depend on how the fault is
handled ('benign' oops, panic, or reboot...).

Thanks,

	M.

-- 
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