linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: nVMX: fix the layout of struct kvm_vmx_nested_state

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:25:25 -0700
From:   Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
To:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Peter Shier <pshier@...gle.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: nVMX: fix the layout of struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr

On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 11:23 AM Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 9:22 AM Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com> wrote:
> >
> > Before commit 850448f35aaf ("KVM: nVMX: Fix VMX preemption timer
> > migration") struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr looked like:
> >
> > struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr {
> >         __u64 vmxon_pa;
> >         __u64 vmcs12_pa;
> >         struct {
> >                 __u16 flags;
> >         } smm;
> > }
> >
> > The ABI got broken by the above mentioned commit and an attempt
> > to fix that was made in commit 83d31e5271ac ("KVM: nVMX: fixes for
> > preemption timer migration") which made the structure look like:
> >
> > struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr {
> >         __u64 vmxon_pa;
> >         __u64 vmcs12_pa;
> >         struct {
> >                 __u16 flags;
> >         } smm;
> >         __u32 flags;
> >         __u64 preemption_timer_deadline;
> > };
> >
> > The problem with this layout is that before both changes compilers were
> > allocating 24 bytes for this and although smm.flags is padded to 8 bytes,
> > it is initialized as a 2 byte value. Chances are that legacy userspaces
> > using old layout will be passing uninitialized bytes which will slip into
> > what is now known as 'flags'.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
> > Fixes: 850448f35aaf ("KVM: nVMX: Fix VMX preemption timer migration")
> > Fixes: 83d31e5271ac ("KVM: nVMX: fixes for preemption timer migration")
> > Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
>
> Oops!
>
> Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>

Whatever happened to this?