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[xen staging-4.15] changelog: note MSR access change



commit cbc8a90dc2ed6dac1333d2cb83044610b1d5f587
Author:     Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri Mar 26 16:22:40 2021 +0100
Commit:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri Mar 26 16:22:40 2021 +0100

    changelog: note MSR access change
    
    The change to deny all accesses to MSRs indexes not explicitly handled
    prevents leaking unwanted data into guests.
    
    Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
    Release-Acked-by: Ian Jackson <iwj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    master commit: 439085b2a797b627974f2bc224bdc19dc49b005d
    master date: 2021-03-26 16:16:48 +0100
---
 CHANGELOG.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 07f240b6ab..30b53e73e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a 
Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
  - ARM IOREQ servers (device emulation etc.) (Tech Preview)
  - Renesas IPMMU-VMSA (Supported, not security supported; was Tech Preview)
  - ARM SMMUv3 (Tech Preview)
+ - Switched MSR accesses to deny by default policy.
 
 ### Removed / support downgraded
 
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