ACK: [CVE-2011-4622] KVM VM triggered host DOS

[Tim Gardner]

On 01/03/2012 10:31 AM, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> CVE-2011-4622
> 	User space may create the PIT and forget about setting up the
> 	irqchips.  In that case, firing PIT IRQs will crash the host.
>
> The fix for this is currently in the very tip of Linus' tree and should
> appear in precise in the next rebase or so.  Note also that KVM does no
> exist on ARM so there are no fixes for those branches.  Following this
> email are three patches, one for lucid, one for maverick, and one for
> natty and oneiric.  These are all simple cherry-picks from the upstream
> change, only differing in local context.
>
> Proposing for lucid, maverick, natty and oneiric.
>
> -apw
>