|
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [xen staging-4.12] SUPPORT.md: Document speculative attacks status of non-shim 32-bit PV
commit 5984905b2638df87a0262d1ee91f0a6e14a86df6
Author: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue Mar 9 15:00:47 2021 +0000
Commit: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue May 4 14:59:44 2021 +0200
SUPPORT.md: Document speculative attacks status of non-shim 32-bit PV
This documents, but does not fix, XSA-370.
Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
---
SUPPORT.md | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/SUPPORT.md b/SUPPORT.md
index 79ebd51fb8..19f85cadf6 100644
--- a/SUPPORT.md
+++ b/SUPPORT.md
@@ -79,7 +79,16 @@ Traditional Xen PV guest
No hardware requirements
- Status: Supported
+ Status, x86_64: Supported
+ Status, x86_32, shim: Supported
+ Status, x86_32, without shim: Supported, with caveats
+
+Due to architectural limitations,
+32-bit PV guests must be assumed to be able to read arbitrary host memory
+using speculative execution attacks.
+Advisories will continue to be issued
+for new vulnerabilities related to un-shimmed 32-bit PV guests
+enabling denial-of-service attacks or privilege escalation attacks.
### x86/HVM
--
generated by git-patchbot for /home/xen/git/xen.git#staging-4.12
|
![]() |
Lists.xenproject.org is hosted with RackSpace, monitoring our |