linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: remove buggy vcpu id check on vcpu creation

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Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2016 19:02:10 +0200
From:	Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
To:	Greg Kurz <gkurz@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, james.hogan@...tec.com,
	mingo@...hat.com, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, qemu-ppc@...gnu.org,
	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: remove buggy vcpu id check on vcpu creation

2016-04-20 17:44+0200, Greg Kurz:
> 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@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> v3: use ERR_PTR()
> 
>  arch/mips/kvm/mips.c |    7 ++++++-
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c   |    3 +++
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c  |    3 ---
>  3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
> index 70ef1a43c114..0278ea146db5 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
> @@ -248,9 +248,14 @@ 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) {
> +		err = -EINVAL;
> +		goto out;

'vcpu' looks undefined at this point, so kfree in 'out:' may bug.
Just 'return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL)'?

> +	}
>  
> +	vcpu = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_vcpu), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!vcpu) {
>  		err = -ENOMEM;
>  		goto out;