Re: Linux 5.15.103

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Mar 28 2023 - 08:14:48 EST


On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 02:02:03PM +0200, Mathias Krause wrote:
> On 17.03.23 09:04, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > I'm announcing the release of the 5.15.103 kernel.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Vitaly Kuznetsov (4):
> > KVM: Optimize kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask() a bit
> > KVM: Pre-allocate cpumasks for kvm_make_all_cpus_request_except()
> > KVM: nVMX: Don't use Enlightened MSR Bitmap for L3
> > KVM: VMX: Introduce vmx_msr_bitmap_l01_changed() helper
> >
>
> That list is missing commit 6470accc7ba9 ("KVM: x86: hyper-v: Avoid
> calling kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask() with vcpu_mask==NULL") to fulfill
> the prerequisite of "KVM: Optimize kvm_make_vcpus_request_mask() a bit".
>
> Right now the kvm selftests trigger a kernel NULL deref for the hyperv
> test, making the system hang.
>
> Please consider applying commit 6470accc7ba9 for the next v5.15.x release.

It wasn't tagged for the stable kernels, so we didn't pick it up :(

Have now done so, thanks.

greg k-h