Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: fix uninitialized variable use on KVM_REQ_TRIPLE_FAULT

From: Maxim Levitsky
Date: Wed Nov 30 2022 - 12:36:25 EST


On Wed, 2022-11-30 at 11:15 -0500, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> If a triple fault was fixed by kvm_x86_ops.nested_ops->triple_fault (by
> turning it into a vmexit), there is no need to leave vcpu_enter_guest().
> Any vcpu->requests will be caught later before the actual vmentry,
> and in fact vcpu_enter_guest() was not initializing the "r" variable.
> Depending on the compiler's whims, this could cause the
> x86_64/triple_fault_event_test test to fail.
>
> Cc: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 92e7d5c83aff ("KVM: x86: allow L1 to not intercept triple fault")
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 246bdc9a9154..7f850dfb4086 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -10280,8 +10280,8 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN;
> vcpu->mmio_needed = 0;
> r = 0;
> + goto out;
> }
> - goto out;
> }
> if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_APF_HALT, vcpu)) {
> /* Page is swapped out. Do synthetic halt */

I had the same patch waiting to be sent, so:

Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>


But we need to add the orignal reporter of this bug as well:

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky