linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.2 142/185] KVM: Improve create VCPU parameter (CVE-2013-4587)

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Message-ID: <lsq.1388282924.402515796@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Sun, 29 Dec 2013 03:08:44 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Andy Honig" <ahonig@...gle.com>,
	"Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.2 142/185] KVM: Improve create VCPU parameter
 (CVE-2013-4587)

3.2.54-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Andy Honig <ahonig@...gle.com>

commit 338c7dbadd2671189cec7faf64c84d01071b3f96 upstream.

In multiple functions the vcpu_id is used as an offset into a bitfield.  Ag
malicious user could specify a vcpu_id greater than 255 in order to set or
clear bits in kernel memory.  This could be used to elevate priveges in the
kernel.  This patch verifies that the vcpu_id provided is less than 255.
The api documentation already specifies that the vcpu_id must be less than
max_vcpus, but this is currently not checked.

Reported-by: Andrew Honig <ahonig@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Honig <ahonig@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1683,6 +1683,9 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(stru
 	int r;
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, *v;
 
+	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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