KVM: x86: work around infinite loop in microcode when #AC is delivered
commit 54a20552 upstream. It was found that a guest can DoS a host by triggering an infinite stream of "alignment check" (#AC) exceptions. This causes the microcode to enter an infinite loop where the core never receives another interrupt. The host kernel panics pretty quickly due to the effects (CVE-2015-5307). Signed-off-by: Eric Northup <digitaleric@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: - Add definition of AC_VECTOR - Adjust filename, context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
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