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[PATCH v2] KVM: remove buggy vcpu id check on vcpu creation

Started byGreg Kurz <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
First post2016-04-20 17:30 +0200
Last post2016-04-20 17:50 +0200
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  [PATCH v2] KVM: remove buggy vcpu id check on vcpu creation Greg Kurz <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-04-20 17:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: remove buggy vcpu id check on vcpu creation Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> - 2016-04-20 17:50 +0200
    Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH v2] KVM: remove buggy vcpu id check on vcpu  creation Greg Kurz <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-04-20 17:50 +0200

#1383496 — [PATCH v2] KVM: remove buggy vcpu id check on vcpu creation

FromGreg Kurz <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date2016-04-20 17:30 +0200
Subject[PATCH v2] KVM: remove buggy vcpu id check on vcpu creation
Message-ID<rq2eK-1vN-21@gated-at.bofh.it>
Commit 338c7dbadd26 ("KVM: Improve create VCPU parameter (CVE-2013-4587)")
introduced a check to prevent potential kernel memory corruption in case
the vcpu id is too great.

Unfortunately this check assumes vcpu ids grow in sequence with a common
difference of 1, which is wrong: archs are free to use vcpu id as they fit.
For example, QEMU originated vcpu ids for PowerPC cpus running in boot3s_hv
mode, can grow with a common difference of 2, 4 or 8: if KVM_MAX_VCPUS is
1024, guests may be limited down to 128 vcpus on POWER8.

This means the check does not belong here and should be moved to some arch
specific function: kvm_arch_vcpu_create() looks like a good candidate.

ARM and s390 already have such a check.

I could not spot any path in the PowerPC or common KVM code where a vcpu
id is used as described in the above commit: I believe PowerPC can live
without this check.

In the end, this patch simply moves the check to MIPS and x86.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
v2: move kzalloc() after the check in MIPS to avoid memory leak

 arch/mips/kvm/mips.c |    5 ++++-
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c   |    3 +++
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c  |    3 ---
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
index 70ef1a43c114..c1ce9d44d685 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
@@ -248,9 +248,12 @@ struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int id)
 	int err, size, offset;
 	void *gebase;
 	int i;
+	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 
-	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_vcpu), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (id >= KVM_MAX_VCPUS)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
+	vcpu = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_vcpu), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vcpu) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 9b7798c7b210..f705d57b12ed 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -7358,6 +7358,9 @@ struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm *kvm,
 {
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 
+	if (id >= KVM_MAX_VCPUS)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (check_tsc_unstable() && atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus) != 0)
 		printk_once(KERN_WARNING
 		"kvm: SMP vm created on host with unstable TSC; "
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 4fd482fb9260..6b6cca3cb488 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2272,9 +2272,6 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id)
 	int r;
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 
-	if (id >= KVM_MAX_VCPUS)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	vcpu = kvm_arch_vcpu_create(kvm, id);
 	if (IS_ERR(vcpu))
 		return PTR_ERR(vcpu);

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#1383517

FromCornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
Date2016-04-20 17:50 +0200
Message-ID<rq2y6-1Fp-21@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1383496
On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 17:26:48 +0200
Greg Kurz <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Commit 338c7dbadd26 ("KVM: Improve create VCPU parameter (CVE-2013-4587)")
> introduced a check to prevent potential kernel memory corruption in case
> the vcpu id is too great.
> 
> Unfortunately this check assumes vcpu ids grow in sequence with a common
> difference of 1, which is wrong: archs are free to use vcpu id as they fit.
> For example, QEMU originated vcpu ids for PowerPC cpus running in boot3s_hv
> mode, can grow with a common difference of 2, 4 or 8: if KVM_MAX_VCPUS is
> 1024, guests may be limited down to 128 vcpus on POWER8.
> 
> This means the check does not belong here and should be moved to some arch
> specific function: kvm_arch_vcpu_create() looks like a good candidate.
> 
> ARM and s390 already have such a check.
> 
> I could not spot any path in the PowerPC or common KVM code where a vcpu
> id is used as described in the above commit: I believe PowerPC can live
> without this check.
> 
> In the end, this patch simply moves the check to MIPS and x86.

The concept makes sense to me...

> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> v2: move kzalloc() after the check in MIPS to avoid memory leak
> 
>  arch/mips/kvm/mips.c |    5 ++++-
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c   |    3 +++
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c  |    3 ---
>  3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
> index 70ef1a43c114..c1ce9d44d685 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
> @@ -248,9 +248,12 @@ struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int id)
>  	int err, size, offset;
>  	void *gebase;
>  	int i;
> +	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
> 
> -	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_vcpu), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (id >= KVM_MAX_VCPUS)
> +		return -EINVAL;

...but you need to use ERR_PTR().

> 
> +	vcpu = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_vcpu), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!vcpu) {
>  		err = -ENOMEM;
>  		goto out;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 9b7798c7b210..f705d57b12ed 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -7358,6 +7358,9 @@ struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm *kvm,
>  {
>  	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
> 
> +	if (id >= KVM_MAX_VCPUS)
> +		return -EINVAL;

Here as well.

> +
>  	if (check_tsc_unstable() && atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus) != 0)
>  		printk_once(KERN_WARNING
>  		"kvm: SMP vm created on host with unstable TSC; "

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#1383521 — Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH v2] KVM: remove buggy vcpu id check on vcpu creation

FromGreg Kurz <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date2016-04-20 17:50 +0200
SubjectRe: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH v2] KVM: remove buggy vcpu id check on vcpu creation
Message-ID<rq2y7-1Fp-29@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1383496
Forget this post, I'll send a v3. Thanks to the kbuild test robot ! :)

On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 17:26:48 +0200
Greg Kurz <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Commit 338c7dbadd26 ("KVM: Improve create VCPU parameter (CVE-2013-4587)")
> introduced a check to prevent potential kernel memory corruption in case
> the vcpu id is too great.
> 
> Unfortunately this check assumes vcpu ids grow in sequence with a common
> difference of 1, which is wrong: archs are free to use vcpu id as they fit.
> For example, QEMU originated vcpu ids for PowerPC cpus running in boot3s_hv
> mode, can grow with a common difference of 2, 4 or 8: if KVM_MAX_VCPUS is
> 1024, guests may be limited down to 128 vcpus on POWER8.
> 
> This means the check does not belong here and should be moved to some arch
> specific function: kvm_arch_vcpu_create() looks like a good candidate.
> 
> ARM and s390 already have such a check.
> 
> I could not spot any path in the PowerPC or common KVM code where a vcpu
> id is used as described in the above commit: I believe PowerPC can live
> without this check.
> 
> In the end, this patch simply moves the check to MIPS and x86.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> v2: move kzalloc() after the check in MIPS to avoid memory leak
> 
>  arch/mips/kvm/mips.c |    5 ++++-
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c   |    3 +++
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c  |    3 ---
>  3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
> index 70ef1a43c114..c1ce9d44d685 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
> @@ -248,9 +248,12 @@ struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int id)
>  	int err, size, offset;
>  	void *gebase;
>  	int i;
> +	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
> 
> -	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_vcpu), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (id >= KVM_MAX_VCPUS)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> 
> +	vcpu = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_vcpu), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!vcpu) {
>  		err = -ENOMEM;
>  		goto out;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 9b7798c7b210..f705d57b12ed 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -7358,6 +7358,9 @@ struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm *kvm,
>  {
>  	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
> 
> +	if (id >= KVM_MAX_VCPUS)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>  	if (check_tsc_unstable() && atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus) != 0)
>  		printk_once(KERN_WARNING
>  		"kvm: SMP vm created on host with unstable TSC; "
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index 4fd482fb9260..6b6cca3cb488 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -2272,9 +2272,6 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id)
>  	int r;
>  	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
> 
> -	if (id >= KVM_MAX_VCPUS)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -
>  	vcpu = kvm_arch_vcpu_create(kvm, id);
>  	if (IS_ERR(vcpu))
>  		return PTR_ERR(vcpu);
> 
> 

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