x86-64: detect processors subject to AMD erratum #121 and refuse to boot
authorJan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>
Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:33:42 +0000 (11:33 +0100)
committerJan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>
Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:33:42 +0000 (11:33 +0100)
commit3a07eef100625b43bf2b63c34a1c32d823f7764b
treeb2d4bf32e973aa36fee8a5a811a8fb69ef4c5c1e
parent6b091fa4457c6768c7fc505e2a42a5f32b83bc8d
x86-64: detect processors subject to AMD erratum #121 and refuse to boot

Processors with this erratum are subject to a DoS attack by unprivileged
guest users.

This is XSA-9 / CVE-2012-2934.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Committed-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c
xen/include/asm-x86/amd.h