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[PATCH for-4.15] changelog: note MSR access change


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  • From: Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 17:20:32 +0100
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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>
---
 CHANGELOG.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f76fadf8c73..d81608af4de 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ 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
 
-- 
2.30.1




 


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