linux-kernel - Re: [patch] KVM: always reload segment selectors

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:04:08 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	kvm-devel <kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] KVM: always reload segment selectors

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Subject: [patch] KVM: always reload segment selectors
> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
>
> failed VM entry on VMX might still change %fs or %gs, thus make sure 
> that KVM always reloads the segment selectors. This is crutial on both 
> x86 and x86_64: x86 has __KERNEL_PDA in %fs on which things like 
> 'current' depends and x86_64 has 0 there and needs MSR_GS_BASE to work.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> ---
>  drivers/kvm/vmx.c |   37 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ linux/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -1896,6 +1896,27 @@ again:
>  		[cr2]"i"(offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu, cr2))
>  	      : "cc", "memory" );
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Reload segment selectors ASAP. (it's needed for a functional
> +	 * kernel: x86 relies on having __KERNEL_PDA in %fs and x86_64
> +	 * relies on having 0 in %gs for the CPU PDA to work.)
> +	 */
> +	if (fs_gs_ldt_reload_needed) {
> +		load_ldt(ldt_sel);
> +		load_fs(fs_sel);
> +		/*
> +		 * If we have to reload gs, we must take care to
> +		 * preserve our gs base.
> +		 */
> +		local_irq_disable();
> +		load_gs(gs_sel);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> +		wrmsrl(MSR_GS_BASE, vmcs_readl(HOST_GS_BASE));
> +#endif
> +		local_irq_enable();
> +
> +		reload_tss();
> +	}
>  	++kvm_stat.exits;
>  
>  	save_msrs(vcpu->guest_msrs, NR_BAD_MSRS);

btw, looking at the code, we could just remove fs from the 
fs_gs_reload_needed and make in unconditional.  VT knows how to reload 
segments, except if they're user segments (groan).  In the case of fs, 
if it's used for the pda, it's obviously a kernel segment.

gs is different: since only the segment base is loaded (via swapgs), the 
selector part could well be a userspace selector, and thus the 
irq-protected reload is needed.

Anyway, I'm applying the patch as the above discourse is irrelevant to 
the fix.


-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/