Re: [RFC/PATCH 07/15 v3] kvm-s390: interrupt subsystem, cpu timer, waitpsw

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On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Carsten Otte wrote:

> +	case KVM_S390_SIGP_SET_PREFIX:
> +		VCPU_EVENT(vcpu, 4, "interrupt: set prefix to %x",
> +			   inti->prefix.address);
> +		vcpu->stat.deliver_prefix_signal++;
> +		vcpu->arch.sie_block->prefix = inti->prefix.address;
> +		vcpu->arch.sie_block->ihcpu = 0xffff;
> +		break;

This smells like a security bug. What happens if the guest sets the prefix
to an address outside of its address range?

	Arnd <><
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