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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/5] x86/boot/compressed/64: Check SEV encryption in 64-bit boot-path
On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 10:33:12AM -0400, Arvind Sankar wrote:
> That doesn't feel like a big loss: if a malicious hypervisor wanted to
> induce completely random code execution, it can do that anyway by just
> messing with the guest-to-host translation, no?

Yes, but relying on defined behavior is still better. Undefined behavior
could also mean it jumps to some other code which then leaks data.

Regards,

Joerg

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