Re: [PATCH] kvm: x86: do not leak guest xcr0 into host interrupt handlers

From: Wanpeng Li
Date: Fri Apr 22 2016 - 03:30:20 EST


Hi Paolo and David,
2016-03-31 3:24 GMT+08:00 David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> An interrupt handler that uses the fpu can kill a KVM VM, if it runs
> under the following conditions:
> - the guest's xcr0 register is loaded on the cpu
> - the guest's fpu context is not loaded
> - the host is using eagerfpu
>
> Note that the guest's xcr0 register and fpu context are not loaded as
> part of the atomic world switch into "guest mode". They are loaded by
> KVM while the cpu is still in "host mode".
>
> Usage of the fpu in interrupt context is gated by irq_fpu_usable(). The
> interrupt handler will look something like this:
>
> if (irq_fpu_usable()) {
> kernel_fpu_begin();
>
> [... code that uses the fpu ...]
>
> kernel_fpu_end();
> }
>
> As long as the guest's fpu is not loaded and the host is using eager
> fpu, irq_fpu_usable() returns true (interrupted_kernel_fpu_idle()
> returns true). The interrupt handler proceeds to use the fpu with
> the guest's xcr0 live.
>
> kernel_fpu_begin() saves the current fpu context. If this uses
> XSAVE[OPT], it may leave the xsave area in an undesirable state.
> According to the SDM, during XSAVE bit i of XSTATE_BV is not modified
> if bit i is 0 in xcr0. So it's possible that XSTATE_BV[i] == 1 and
> xcr0[i] == 0 following an XSAVE.

How XSAVE save bit i since SDM mentioned that "XSAVE saves state
component i if and only if RFBM[i] = 1. "? RFBM[i] will be 0 if
XSTATE_BV[i] == 1 && guest xcr0[i] == 0.

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

>
> kernel_fpu_end() restores the fpu context. Now if any bit i in
> XSTATE_BV == 1 while xcr0[i] == 0, XRSTOR generates a #GP. The
> fault is trapped and SIGSEGV is delivered to the current process.
>
> Only pre-4.2 kernels appear to be vulnerable to this sequence of
> events. Commit 653f52c ("kvm,x86: load guest FPU context more eagerly")
> from 4.2 forces the guest's fpu to always be loaded on eagerfpu hosts.
>
> This patch fixes the bug by keeping the host's xcr0 loaded outside
> of the interrupts-disabled region where KVM switches into guest mode.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 10 ++++------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index e260ccb..8df1167 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -700,7 +700,6 @@ static int __kvm_set_xcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 index, u64 xcr)
> if ((xcr0 & XFEATURE_MASK_AVX512) != XFEATURE_MASK_AVX512)
> return 1;
> }
> - kvm_put_guest_xcr0(vcpu);
> vcpu->arch.xcr0 = xcr0;
>
> if ((xcr0 ^ old_xcr0) & XFEATURE_MASK_EXTEND)
> @@ -6590,8 +6589,6 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> kvm_x86_ops->prepare_guest_switch(vcpu);
> if (vcpu->fpu_active)
> kvm_load_guest_fpu(vcpu);
> - kvm_load_guest_xcr0(vcpu);
> -
> vcpu->mode = IN_GUEST_MODE;
>
> srcu_read_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu, vcpu->srcu_idx);
> @@ -6607,6 +6604,8 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>
> local_irq_disable();
>
> + kvm_load_guest_xcr0(vcpu);
> +
> if (vcpu->mode == EXITING_GUEST_MODE || vcpu->requests
> || need_resched() || signal_pending(current)) {
> vcpu->mode = OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE;
> @@ -6667,6 +6666,8 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> vcpu->mode = OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE;
> smp_wmb();
>
> + kvm_put_guest_xcr0(vcpu);
> +
> /* Interrupt is enabled by handle_external_intr() */
> kvm_x86_ops->handle_external_intr(vcpu);
>
> @@ -7314,7 +7315,6 @@ void kvm_load_guest_fpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> * and assume host would use all available bits.
> * Guest xcr0 would be loaded later.
> */
> - kvm_put_guest_xcr0(vcpu);
> vcpu->guest_fpu_loaded = 1;
> __kernel_fpu_begin();
> __copy_kernel_to_fpregs(&vcpu->arch.guest_fpu.state);
> @@ -7323,8 +7323,6 @@ void kvm_load_guest_fpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>
> void kvm_put_guest_fpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> - kvm_put_guest_xcr0(vcpu);
> -
> if (!vcpu->guest_fpu_loaded) {
> vcpu->fpu_counter = 0;
> return;
> --
> 2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020
>



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Regards,
Wanpeng Li