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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/3] Infinite loops in microcode while running guests
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On 11/11/2015 13:47, Austin S Hemmelgarn wrote:
>>
> I just finished running a couple of tests in a KVM instance running
> nested on a Xen HVM instance, and found no issues, so for the set as a
> whole:
>
> Tested-by: Austin S. Hemmelgarn <ahferroin7@gmail.com>
>
> Now to hope the equivalent fix for Xen gets into the Gentoo repositories
> soon, as the issue propagates down through nested virtualization and
> ties up the CPU regardless (and in turn triggers the watchdog).

Note that nested guests should _not_ lock up the outer (L0) hypervisor
if the outer hypervisor has the fix. At least this is the case for KVM:
a fixed outer KVM can protect any vulnerable nested (L1) hypervisor from
malicious nested guests. A vulnerable outer KVM is also protected if
the nested hypervisor has the workaround.

Paolo


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