Re: [FYI PATCH 0/7] Mitigation for CVE-2018-12207

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 13/11/19 14:00, Jinpu Wang wrote:
> Hi Paolo, hi list,
> 
> Thanks for info, do we need qemu patch for full mitigation?
> Debian mentioned:
> https://linuxsecurity.com/advisories/debian/debian-dsa-4566-1-qemu-security-update-17-10-10
> "
>     A qemu update adding support for the PSCHANGE_MC_NO feature, which
>     allows to disable iTLB Multihit mitigations in nested hypervisors
>     will be provided via DSA 4566-1.
> 
> "
> But It's not yet available  publicly.

I will send it today, but it's not needed for full mitigation.  It just
provides a knob to turn it on and off in nested hypervisors.

> About the performance hit, do you know any number? probably the answer
> is workload dependent.

We generally measured 0-4%.  There can be latency spikes for RT, which I
will send a patch for soon.

Paolo