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xen: patch with XSA-467
When setting up interrupt remapping for legacy PCI(-X) devices,
including PCI(-X) bridges, a lookup of the upstream bridge is required.
This lookup, itself involving acquiring of a lock, is done in a context
where acquiring that lock is unsafe. This can lead to a deadlock.
The passing through of certain kinds of devices to an unprivileged guest
can result in a Denial of Service (DoS) affecting the entire host.
Note: Normal usage of such devices by a privileged domain can also
trigger the issue. In such a scenario, the deadlock is not
considered a security issue, but just a plain bug.
Systems with Intel IOMMU hardware (VT-d) are affected. Systems using
AMD or non-x86 hardware are not affected.
Only systems where certain kinds of devices are passed through to an
unprivileged guest are vulnerable.
Signed-off-by: Fernando Rodrigues <[email protected]>1 parent dade3cb commit 5af1d19
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