The function updates context->root_level but didn't call update_last_nonleaf_level so the previous and potentially wrong value was used for page walks. For example, a zero value of last_nonleaf_level would allow a potential out-of-bounds access in arch/x86/mmu/paging_tmpl.h's walk_addr_generic function (CVE-2017-12188). Fixes: 155a97a3d7c78b46cef6f1a973c831bc5a4f82bb Signed-off-by: Ladi Prosek <lprosek@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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