linux-kernel - Re: WARNING in x86_emulate

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Date:   Fri, 8 Dec 2017 09:44:06 +0100
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Tianyu Lan <lantianyu1986@...il.com>
Cc:     Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        syzbot 
        <bot+75375385991b4f8c599704a10849863c586ea284@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, kvm <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krcmar <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Jones <drjones@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: WARNING in x86_emulate_insn


* Tianyu Lan <lantianyu1986@...il.com> wrote:

> Hi Jim&Wanpeng:
>          Thanks for your help.
> 
> 2017-12-08 5:25 GMT+08:00 Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>:
> > Try disabling the module parameter, "unrestricted_guest." Make sure
> > that the module parameter, "emulate_invalid_guest_state" is enabled.
> > This combination allows userspace to feed invalid guest state into the
> > in-kernel emulator.
> 
> Yes, you are right. I need to disable unrestricted_guest to reproduce the issue.
> 
> I find this is pop instruction emulation issue. According "SDM VOL2,
> chapter INSTRUCTION
> SET REFERENCE. POP—Pop a Value from the Stack"
> 
> Protected Mode Exceptions
> #GP(0) If attempt is made to load SS register with NULL segment selector.
> 
> This test case hits it but current code doesn't check such case.
> The following patch can fix the issue.
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> index abe74f7..e2ac5cc 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> @@ -1844,6 +1844,9 @@ static int emulate_pop(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
>         int rc;
>         struct segmented_address addr;
> 
> +       if ( !get_segment_selector(ctxt, VCPU_SREG_SS))
> +               return emulate_gp(ctxt, 0);
> +
>         addr.ea = reg_read(ctxt, VCPU_REGS_RSP) & stack_mask(ctxt);
>         addr.seg = VCPU_SREG_SS;
>         rc = segmented_read(ctxt, addr, dest, len);

s/if ( !get_segment_selector
 /if (!get_segment_selector

I think it would also be nice to convert the syzkaller testcase to a new KVM unit 
test:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm-unit-tests.git

There's a test_pop() function in kvm-unit-tests/x86/emulator.c.

Thanks,

	Ingo