- kvm-make-loading-cr3-more-robust.patch removed from -mm tree

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The patch titled
     KVM: Make loading cr3 more robust
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     kvm-make-loading-cr3-more-robust.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

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Subject: KVM: Make loading cr3 more robust
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>

Prevent the guest's loading of a corrupt cr3 (pointing at no guest phsyical
page) from crashing the host.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c |   14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c~kvm-make-loading-cr3-more-robust drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
--- a/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c~kvm-make-loading-cr3-more-robust
+++ a/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -463,7 +463,19 @@ void set_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsi
 
 	vcpu->cr3 = cr3;
 	spin_lock(&vcpu->kvm->lock);
-	vcpu->mmu.new_cr3(vcpu);
+	/*
+	 * Does the new cr3 value map to physical memory? (Note, we
+	 * catch an invalid cr3 even in real-mode, because it would
+	 * cause trouble later on when we turn on paging anyway.)
+	 *
+	 * A real CPU would silently accept an invalid cr3 and would
+	 * attempt to use it - with largely undefined (and often hard
+	 * to debug) behavior on the guest side.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(!gfn_to_memslot(vcpu->kvm, cr3 >> PAGE_SHIFT)))
+		inject_gp(vcpu);
+	else
+		vcpu->mmu.new_cr3(vcpu);
 	spin_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_cr3);
_

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use-correct-macros-in-raid-code-not-raw-asm-include.patch
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convert-i386-pda-code-to-use-%fs.patch
genapic-optimize-fix-apic-mode-setup-2.patch
genapic-always-use-physical-delivery-mode-on-8-cpus.patch
genapic-remove-es7000-workaround.patch
genapic-remove-clustered-apic-mode.patch
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x86_64-do-not-enable-the-nmi-watchdog-by-default.patch
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spin_lock_irq-enable-interrupts-while-spinning-preparatory-patch.patch
spin_lock_irq-enable-interrupts-while-spinning-x86_64-implementation.patch
spin_lock_irq-enable-interrupts-while-spinning-i386-implementation.patch
spin_lock_irq-enable-interrupts-while-spinning-i386-implementation-fix.patch
cpuset-remove-sched-domain-hooks-from-cpusets.patch
lockdep-also-check-for-freed-locks-in-kmem_cache_free.patch
lockdep-more-unlock-on-error-fixes.patch
lockdep-more-unlock-on-error-fixes-fix.patch
lockdep-add-graph-depth-information-to-proc-lockdep.patch
consolidate-default-sched_clock.patch
use-cycle_t-instead-of-u64-in-struct-time_interpolator.patch
gtod-uninline-jiffiesh.patch
gtod-fix-multiple-conversion-bugs-in-msecs_to_jiffies.patch
gtod-fix-timeout-overflow.patch
gtod-persistent-clock-support-core.patch
gtod-persistent-clock-support-i386.patch
dynticks-uninline-irq_enter.patch
dynticks-extend-next_timer_interrupt-to-use-a-reference-jiffie.patch
hrtimers-namespace-and-enum-cleanup.patch
hrtimers-namespace-and-enum-cleanup-vs-git-input.patch
hrtimers-clean-up-locking.patch
hrtimers-add-state-tracking.patch
hrtimers-clean-up-callback-tracking.patch
hrtimers-move-and-add-documentation.patch
acpi-include-fix.patch
acpi-keep-track-of-timer-broadcast.patch
acpi-add-state-propagation-for-dynamic-broadcasting.patch
acpi-cleanups-allow-early-access-to-pmtimer.patch
i386-apic-clean-up-the-apic-code.patch
clockevents-core.patch
clockevents-i386-drivers.patch
clockevents-i386-drivers-high-res-timers-fix-apic-event-broadcasting-code.patch
clockevents-i386-hpet-driver.patch
i386-apic-rework-and-fix-local-apic-calibration.patch
high-res-timers-core.patch
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high-res-timers-allow-tsc-clocksource-if-pmtimer-present.patch
dynticks-core.patch
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generic-vsyscall-gtod-support-for-generic_time.patch
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