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SUPPORT.md: Un-shimmed 32-bit PV guests are no longer supported
The support status of 32-bit guests doesn't seem particularly useful.
With it changed to fully unsupported outside of PV-shim, adjust the PV32
Kconfig default accordingly.
Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Signed-off-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
master commit: 1a0f2fe229
master date: 2021-06-04 17:24:05 +0100
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@@ -82,14 +82,7 @@ No hardware requirements
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Status, x86_64: Supported
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Status, x86_32, shim: Supported
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Status, x86_32, without shim: Supported, with caveats
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Due to architectural limitations,
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32-bit PV guests must be assumed to be able to read arbitrary host memory
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using speculative execution attacks.
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Advisories will continue to be issued
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for new vulnerabilities related to un-shimmed 32-bit PV guests
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enabling denial-of-service attacks or privilege escalation attacks.
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Status, x86_32, without shim: Supported, not security supported
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### x86/HVM
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@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ config PV
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config PV32
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bool "Support for 32bit PV guests"
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depends on PV
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default y
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default PV_SHIM
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---help---
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The 32bit PV ABI uses Ring1, an area of the x86 architecture which
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was deprecated and mostly removed in the AMD64 spec. As a result,
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@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ config PV32
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reduction, or performance reasons. Backwards compatibility can be
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provided via the PV Shim mechanism.
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If unsure, say Y.
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Note that outside of PV Shim, 32-bit PV guests are not security
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supported anymore.
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If unsure, use the default setting.
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config PV_LINEAR_PT
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bool "Support for PV linear pagetables"
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