linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] KVM: SVM: Make sure KERNEL_GS_BASE is valid when loading gs

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Date:	Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:45:01 +0100
From:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
CC:	<kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>, <stable@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: SVM: Make sure KERNEL_GS_BASE is valid when loading gs_index

The gs_index loading code uses the swapgs instruction to
switch to the user gs_base temporarily. This is unsave in an
lightweight exit-path in KVM on AMD because the
KERNEL_GS_BASE MSR is switches lazily. An NMI happening in
the critical path of load_gs_index may use the wrong GS_BASE
value then leading to unpredictable behavior, e.g. a
triple-fault.
This patch fixes the issue by making sure that load_gs_index
is called only with a valid KERNEL_GS_BASE value loaded in
KVM.

Cc: stable@...nel.org
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index 25bd1bc..54ce246 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -1150,8 +1150,8 @@ static void svm_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kvm_load_ldt(svm->host.ldt);
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	loadsegment(fs, svm->host.fs);
-	load_gs_index(svm->host.gs);
 	wrmsrl(MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE, current->thread.gs);
+	load_gs_index(svm->host.gs);
 #else
 	loadsegment(gs, svm->host.gs);
 #endif
-- 
1.7.1


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