linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: s390: Test for bad access register at the start of S390_MEM

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Message-Id: <870234c7-47ed-6a96-0edf-66d9c2cd7ac0@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:15:41 +0200
From:   Janosch Frank <frankja@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Thomas Huth <thuth@...hat.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: s390: Test for bad access register at the start of
 S390_MEM_OP

On 8/29/19 12:53 PM, Thomas Huth wrote:
> If the KVM_S390_MEM_OP ioctl is called with an access register >= 16,
> then there is certainly a bug in the calling userspace application.
> We check for wrong access registers, but only if the vCPU was already
> in the access register mode before (i.e. the SIE block has recorded
> it). The check is also buried somewhere deep in the calling chain (in
> the function ar_translation()), so this is somewhat hard to find.
> 
> It's better to always report an error to the userspace in case this
> field is set wrong, and it's safer in the KVM code if we block wrong
> values here early instead of relying on a check somewhere deep down
> the calling chain, so let's add another check to kvm_s390_guest_mem_op()
> directly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@...hat.com>
> ---
>  arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> index f329dcb3f44c..725690853cbd 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> @@ -4255,7 +4255,7 @@ static long kvm_s390_guest_mem_op(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>  	const u64 supported_flags = KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_INJECT_EXCEPTION
>  				    | KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CHECK_ONLY;
>  
> -	if (mop->flags & ~supported_flags)
> +	if (mop->flags & ~supported_flags || mop->ar >= NUM_ACRS)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
>  	if (mop->size > MEM_OP_MAX_SIZE)
> 

By the way, I think we want to check mop->size for 0 before giving it to
vmalloc and working with it.

Reviewed-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@...ux.ibm.com>



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