[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [xen stable-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#stable-4.12
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