Re: [PATCH] x86/domctl: Fix unitialized copyback in XEN_DOMCTL_PSR_GET_*

Jan Beulich <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.xenproject.lists.xen-devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 10.08.2026 00:38, Johann Höpfner wrote:
> domctl_psr_get_val() copies unitialized stack space back if psr_get_val
> fails. Fix by zero-initializing v_.
> 
> Fixes: 03f30dc193c8 ("x86: refactor psr: L3 CAT: implement get value flow.")
> Signed-off-by: Johann Höpfner <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <[email protected]>

> Consider instead removing the local variable indirection introduced by
> 03f30dc193c8 and passing &(domctl)->u.psr_alloc.data to psr_get_val
> instead or only conditionally setting copyback true.

Well - the way you've done it is clearly easiest / most obviously correct.

Jan
lmpx.com only provides a reader for public news (NNTP) servers. It is not affiliated with the servers or forums shown here and is not responsible for the content of articles, which is written by their respective authors.