On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 12:17:57PM -0700, Junaid Shahid wrote:
> 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.
Ok, now applied to 4.18.y and 4.14.y, thanks.
greg k-h
