On 09/03/2018 02:27 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 11:39 PM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 01, 2018 at 02:24:23PM -0700, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 4.18-stable tree.
>>>
>>> I fail to see how this patch meets the stable kernel rules as found at
>>> Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst.
>>
>> Oops, hit the wrong button, this should have been my "this did not
>> apply" message, sorry about that.
>>
>> This doesn't apply because:
>>
>>>
>>> Fixes: 28a1f3ac1d0c ("kvm: x86: Set highest physical address bits in non-present/reserved SPTEs")
>>
>> that commit is not in a stable tree. It wasn't marked to be backpoted,
>> should it?
>
> When I sent my compile fix, I did not expect either one to need a backport.
> Looking at 28a1f3ac1d0c more closely does make it sound like it should
> be. Junaid Shahid wrote the patch originally, let's see what he thinks.
>
> Arnd
>
Yes, I think that it would be a good idea to include 28a1f3ac1d0c in the stable tree, as it contains a security fix related to L1TF.
Thanks,
Junaid
