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[Xen-ia64-devel] Re: PATCH: check r2 value for VTi mov rr[r3]=r2

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Subject:	[Xen-ia64-devel] Re: PATCH: check r2 value for VTi mov rr[r3]=r2
From:	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxx>
Date:	Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:49:51 -0600
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On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 03:51 +0200, tgingold@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> RID value was not checked for mov_to_rr.  This is a security hole as it
> allowed a VTi domain to read memory of any other domain.
> 
> Also use C fall-back for thash when long VHPT format is used.
> 
> Comments added.

Hi Tristan,

   This seems to be missing a chunk to define
IA64_DOMAIN_RID_BITS_OFFSET.  Thanks,

        Alex

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Alex Williamson                             HP Open Source & Linux Org.


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