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port-amd64/49150: xrstor is privileged in Xen
>Number: 49150
>Category: port-amd64
>Synopsis: xrstor instruction is privileged in Xen
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: high
>Responsible: port-amd64-maintainer
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Aug 25 05:25:00 +0000 2014
>Originator: John Nemeth
>Release: NetBSD 7.0 BETA and -current of same time frame
>Organization:
NetBSD
>Environment:
>Description:
The xrstor instruction is privileged in Xen and the use of
it leads to a panic, "fatal privileged instruction fault in supervisor
mode".
>How-To-Repeat:
Attempt to boot a NetBSD 7 BETA domu kernel and watch it go
boom at mountroot time.
>Fix:
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