From: Ian Jackson <iwj@xenproject.org>
To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Cc: "Andrew Cooper" <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org,
"Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@citrix.com>,
"committers@xenproject.org" <committers@xenproject.org>
Subject: Re: Regressed XSA-286, was [xen-unstable test] 161917: regressions - FAIL
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 15:49:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <24779.24810.167567.520077@mariner.uk.xensource.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5537bc9b-0a71-60f0-efce-d0d33301fe45@suse.com>
Jan Beulich writes ("Re: Regressed XSA-286, was [xen-unstable test] 161917: regressions - FAIL"):
> If any OS made such an assumption, then I don't think it would be
> a vulnerability either. It would simply be a guest kernel bug then.
For the avoidance of doubt:
I think you are saying that if any OS did make the assumption, the
resulting bug *would not be exploitable* (by an unprivileged guest
process, or by a PV backend it was speaking to, or, somehow, by
another guest).
Ian.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-17 14:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-13 3:56 [xen-unstable test] 161917: regressions - FAIL osstest service owner
2021-05-13 20:15 ` Regressed XSA-286, was " Andrew Cooper
2021-05-17 8:43 ` Jan Beulich
2021-05-17 10:59 ` Jan Beulich
2021-06-16 8:48 ` Jan Beulich
2021-06-16 15:43 ` Andrew Cooper
2021-06-17 11:56 ` Jan Beulich
2021-06-17 13:05 ` Ian Jackson
2021-06-17 14:40 ` Jan Beulich
2021-06-17 14:49 ` Ian Jackson [this message]
2021-06-17 14:55 ` Jan Beulich
2021-06-28 12:35 ` Ping: " Jan Beulich
2021-06-17 21:26 ` Stefano Stabellini
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