The patch titled
KVM: Zero guest memory before use
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
kvm-memory-slot-management-zero-guest-memory-before-use.patch
This patch was dropped because it was folded into kvm-userspace-interface.patch
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Subject: KVM: Zero guest memory before use
From: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
This prevents an information leak from the host to the vmm and the guest.
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c~kvm-memory-slot-management-zero-guest-memory-before-use drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
--- a/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c~kvm-memory-slot-management-zero-guest-memory-before-use
+++ a/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1144,7 +1144,8 @@ raced:
memset(new.phys_mem, 0, npages * sizeof(struct page *));
for (i = 0; i < npages; ++i) {
- new.phys_mem[i] = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER);
+ new.phys_mem[i] = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER
+ | __GFP_ZERO);
if (!new.phys_mem[i])
goto out_free;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from avi@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
kvm-userspace-interface.patch
kvm-memory-slot-management-zero-guest-memory-before-use.patch
kvm-vcpu-creation-and-maintenance.patch
kvm-vcpu-creation-and-maintenance-segment-access-cleanup.patch
kvm-workaround-cr0cd-cache-disable-bit-leak-from-guest-to.patch
kvm-vcpu-execution-loop.patch
kvm-define-exit-handlers.patch
kvm-define-exit-handlers-pass-fs-gs-segment-bases-to-x86-emulator.patch
kvm-less-common-exit-handlers.patch
kvm-less-common-exit-handlers-handle-rdmsrmsr_efer.patch
kvm-mmu.patch
kvm-mmu-mmu-honor-global-bit-on-huge-pages.patch
kvm-x86-emulator.patch
kvm-x86-emulator-x86-emulator-handle-smsw.patch
kvm-clarify-licensing.patch
kvm-x86-emulator-fix-emulator-mov-cr-decoding.patch
kvm-plumbing.patch
kvm-dynamically-determine-which-msrs-to-load-and-save.patch
kvm-fix-calculation-of-initial-value-of-rdx-register.patch
kvm-avoid-using-vmx-instruction-directly.patch
kvm-avoid-using-vmx-instruction-directly-fix-asm-constraints.patch
kvm-expose-interrupt-bitmap.patch
kvm-add-time-stamp-counter-msr-and-accessors.patch
kvm-expose-msrs-to-userspace.patch
kvm-expose-msrs-to-userspace-v2.patch
kvm-create-kvm-intelko-module.patch
kvm-make-dev-registration-happen-when-the-arch.patch
kvm-make-hardware-detection-an-arch-operation.patch
kvm-make-the-per-cpu-enable-disable-functions-arch.patch
kvm-make-the-hardware-setup-operations-non-percpu.patch
kvm-make-the-guest-debugger-an-arch-operation.patch
kvm-make-msr-accessors-arch-operations.patch
kvm-make-the-segment-accessors-arch-operations.patch
kvm-cache-guest-cr4-in-vcpu-structure.patch
kvm-cache-guest-cr0-in-vcpu-structure.patch
kvm-add-get_segment_base-arch-accessor.patch
kvm-add-idt-and-gdt-descriptor-accessors.patch
kvm-make-syncing-the-register-file-to-the-vcpu.patch
kvm-make-the-vcpu-execution-loop-an-arch-operation.patch
kvm-make-the-vcpu-execution-loop-an-arch-operation-build-fix.patch
kvm-move-the-vmx-exit-handlers-to-vmxc.patch
kvm-make-vcpu_setup-an-arch-operation.patch
kvm-make-__set_cr0-and-dependencies-arch-operations.patch
kvm-make-__set_cr4-an-arch-operation.patch
kvm-make-__set_efer-an-arch-operation.patch
kvm-make-__set_efer-an-arch-operation-build-fix.patch
kvm-make-set_cr3-and-tlb-flushing-arch-operations.patch
kvm-make-inject_page_fault-an-arch-operation.patch
kvm-make-inject_gp-an-arch-operation.patch
kvm-use-the-idt-and-gdt-accessors-in-realmode-emulation.patch
kvm-use-the-general-purpose-register-accessors-rather.patch
kvm-move-the-vmx-tsc-accessors-to-vmxc.patch
kvm-access-rflags-through-an-arch-operation.patch
kvm-move-the-vmx-segment-field-definitions-to-vmxc.patch
kvm-add-an-arch-accessor-for-cs-d-b-and-l-bits.patch
kvm-add-a-set_cr0_no_modeswitch-arch-accessor.patch
kvm-make-vcpu_load-and-vcpu_put-arch-operations.patch
kvm-make-vcpu-creation-and-destruction-arch-operations.patch
kvm-move-vmcs-static-variables-to-vmxc.patch
kvm-make-is_long_mode-an-arch-operation.patch
kvm-use-the-tlb-flush-arch-operation-instead-of-an.patch
kvm-remove-guest_cpl.patch
kvm-move-vmcs-accessors-to-vmxc.patch
kvm-move-vmx-helper-inlines-to-vmxc.patch
kvm-remove-vmx-includes-from-arch-independent-code.patch
kvm-amd-svm-add-architecture-definitions-for-amd-svm.patch
kvm-amd-svm-enhance-x86-emulator.patch
kvm-amd-svm-enhance-x86-emulator-fix-mov-to-from-control-register-emulation.patch
kvm-amd-svm-add-missing-tlb-flushes-to-the-guest-mmu.patch
kvm-amd-svm-add-data-structures.patch
kvm-amd-svm-implementation.patch
kvm-amd-svm-implementation-avoid-three-more-new-instructions.patch
kvm-amd-svm-implementation-more-i386-fixes.patch
kvm-amd-svm-implementation-printk-log-levels.patch
kvm-amd-svm-plumbing.patch
kvm-fix-null-and-c99-init-sparse-warnings.patch
kvm-load-i386-segment-bases.patch
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