[PATCH 34/46] KVM: x86: check for cr3 validity in ioctl_set_sregs

From: Avi Kivity
Date: Wed May 20 2009 - 07:27:28 EST


From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>

Matt T. Yourst notes that kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs lacks validity
checking for the new cr3 value:

"Userspace callers of KVM_SET_SREGS can pass a bogus value of cr3 to
the kernel. This will trigger a NULL pointer access in gfn_to_rmap()
when userspace next tries to call KVM_RUN on the affected VCPU and kvm
attempts to activate the new non-existent page table root.

This happens since kvm only validates that cr3 points to a valid guest
physical memory page when code *inside* the guest sets cr3. However, kvm
currently trusts the userspace caller (e.g. QEMU) on the host machine to
always supply a valid page table root, rather than properly validating
it along with the rest of the reloaded guest state."

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=893831&aid=2687641&group_id=180599

Check for a valid cr3 address in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs, triple
fault in case of failure.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 8 +++++++-
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index a7ea26e..6fc53bb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -3989,7 +3989,13 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,

vcpu->arch.cr2 = sregs->cr2;
mmu_reset_needed |= vcpu->arch.cr3 != sregs->cr3;
- vcpu->arch.cr3 = sregs->cr3;
+
+ down_read(&vcpu->kvm->slots_lock);
+ if (gfn_to_memslot(vcpu->kvm, sregs->cr3 >> PAGE_SHIFT))
+ vcpu->arch.cr3 = sregs->cr3;
+ else
+ set_bit(KVM_REQ_TRIPLE_FAULT, &vcpu->requests);
+ up_read(&vcpu->kvm->slots_lock);

kvm_set_cr8(vcpu, sregs->cr8);

--
1.6.0.6

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