Re: Patch "x86-64, espfix: Don't leak bits 31:16 of %esp returning to 16-bit stack" has been added to the 3.15-stable tree

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On 07/14/2014 01:28 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 12:11:43PM -0700, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
>>
>>     x86-64, espfix: Don't leak bits 31:16 of %esp returning to 16-bit stack
>>
>> to the 3.15-stable tree which can be found at:
>>     http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
>>
>> The filename of the patch is:
>>      x86-64-espfix-don-t-leak-bits-31-16-of-esp-returning-to-16-bit-stack.patch
>> and it can be found in the queue-3.15 subdirectory.
>>
>> If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
>> please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
> 
> We should also backport this:
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/7/9/991
> 
> otherwise it (the patch below) will give a ugly splash during bootup on
> Xen PV guests.  However I don't think Peter had a chance to pick that one up.
> 
> Could this patch be delayed a bit until Peter picks the other patch up?
> 

That patch is running through my build tests as we speak.  I expect to
push it to tip:x86/urgent in about an hour.

	-hpa


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