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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86emul: also put_fpu() on error paths



On 15/05/15 13:37, Jan Beulich wrote:
> fail_if() and generate_exception_if() could theoretically bypass the
> normal flow reaching put_fpu(), and not invoking it would leave the
> fpu_exception_callback pointer in place, allowing for the callback to
> be called at an unexpected time. Luckily the two
> generate_exception_if()-s that would actually trigger this are
> currently commented out, so this is not (yet) a (security) issue.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

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