[PATCH 4/4] KVM: riscv: Fix Spectre-v1 in PMU counter access
Lukas Gerlach
lukas.gerlach at cispa.de
Fri Feb 27 07:12:47 PST 2026
Thanks for the review!
> This one also covers a non-speculation bug, since the previous condition
> used cidx > RISCV_KVM_MAX_COUNTER. :) I'll send a patch for that.
Nice catch, thanks for sending the fix.
> I noticed a few other places where mis-speculation is possible,
> see below; can you explain why they don't need protection?
They do, I missed those. Will send a v2 incorporating all four sites.
Thanks,
Lukas
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