linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/23] Hardened usercopy whitelisting

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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jKtNqnDA_vU5KaPuVJNCK0hBMGgYh6Ut0BVHvpu315XnA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 20 Oct 2017 20:04:11 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     "kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" 
        <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
        David Windsor <dave@...lcore.net>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/23] Hardened usercopy whitelisting

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 4:25 PM, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com> wrote:
> On 21/10/2017 00:40, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> This breaks KVM completely on x86, due to two ioctls
>> (KVM_GET/SET_CPUID2) accessing the cpuid_entries field of struct
>> kvm_vcpu_arch.
>>
>> There's also another broken ioctl, KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG, but it is
>> obsolete and not a big deal at all.
>>
>> I can post some patches, but probably not until the beginning of
>> November due to travelling.  Please do not send this too close to the
>> beginning of the merge window.
>
> Sleeping is overrated, sending patches now...

Oh awesome, thank you very much for tracking this down and building fixes!

I'll insert these into the usercopy whitelisting series, and see if I
can find any similar cases.

Thanks!

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security