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SubjectRe: GET_RNG_SEED hypercall ABI? (Re: [PATCH v5 0/5] random,x86,kvm: Rework arch RNG seeds and get some from kvm)
Il 28/08/2014 18:22, Andy Lutomirski ha scritto:
> Is there a non-cpuid interface between QEMU and KVM for this?

No.

> AFAICT, even turning off cpuid bits for things like async pf doesn't
> actually disable the MSRs (which is arguably an attack surface issue).

No, it doesn't. You cannot disable instructions even if you hide CPUID
bits, so KVM just extends this to MSRs (both native and paravirtual). It
sometimes helps too, for example with a particular guest OS that does
not necessary check CPUID for bits that are always present on Apple
hardware...

Paolo


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