aarch64: Expose pointer authentication to guests #388
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Thanks for the contribution. Can you add a |
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Thanks for contribution! I am not very familiar with what/why is exposed to the guest, may it help to add two words in the commit msg about what is exposed and why? |
Done.
Done. |
tylerfanelli
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I'll create an issue for the flaky test. I've noticed it quite a bit recently. |
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@pcc can rebase your branch? I'll merge it once you do that |
Pointer authentication is an Arm CPU feature that may be used to mitigate against various security vulnerabilities. It is not exposed to KVM guests by default, so do so. Signed-off-by: Peter Collingbourne <pcc@google.com>
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Pointer authentication is an Arm CPU feature that may be used to mitigate
against various security vulnerabilities. It is not exposed to KVM guests
by default, so do so.
Signed-off-by: Peter Collingbourne pcc@google.com