linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] KVM: Fix a data race on last_boosted_vcpu in kvm_vcpu_on

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: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

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

Message-ID: <20240510092353.2261824-1-leitao@debian.org>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 02:23:52 -0700
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
Cc: rbc@...a.com,
	paulmck@...nel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org (open list:KERNEL VIRTUAL MACHINE (KVM)),
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH v2] KVM: Fix a data race on last_boosted_vcpu in kvm_vcpu_on_spin()

Use {READ,WRITE}_ONCE() to access kvm->last_boosted_vcpu to ensure the
loads and stores are atomic.  In the extremely unlikely scenario the
compiler tears the stores, it's theoretically possible for KVM to attempt
to get a vCPU using an out-of-bounds index, e.g. if the write is split
into multiple 8-bit stores, and is paired with a 32-bit load on a VM with
257 vCPUs:

  CPU0                              CPU1
  last_boosted_vcpu = 0xff;

                                    (last_boosted_vcpu = 0x100)
                                    last_boosted_vcpu[15:8] = 0x01;
  i = (last_boosted_vcpu = 0x1ff)
                                    last_boosted_vcpu[7:0] = 0x00;

  vcpu = kvm->vcpu_array[0x1ff];

As detected by KCSAN:

  BUG: KCSAN: data-race in kvm_vcpu_on_spin [kvm] / kvm_vcpu_on_spin [kvm]

  write to 0xffffc90025a92344 of 4 bytes by task 4340 on cpu 16:
  kvm_vcpu_on_spin (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4112) kvm
  handle_pause (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:5929) kvm_intel
  vmx_handle_exit (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:?
		 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:6606) kvm_intel
  vcpu_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11107 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11211) kvm
  kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:?) kvm
  kvm_vcpu_ioctl (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:?) kvm
  __se_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:52 fs/ioctl.c:904 fs/ioctl.c:890)
  __x64_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:890)
  x64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33)
  do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?)
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)

  read to 0xffffc90025a92344 of 4 bytes by task 4342 on cpu 4:
  kvm_vcpu_on_spin (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4069) kvm
  handle_pause (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:5929) kvm_intel
  vmx_handle_exit (arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:?
			arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:6606) kvm_intel
  vcpu_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11107 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11211) kvm
  kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run (arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:?) kvm
  kvm_vcpu_ioctl (arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:?) kvm
  __se_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:52 fs/ioctl.c:904 fs/ioctl.c:890)
  __x64_sys_ioctl (fs/ioctl.c:890)
  x64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33)
  do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?)
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)

  value changed: 0x00000012 -> 0x00000000

Fixes: 217ece6129f2 ("KVM: use yield_to instead of sleep in kvm_vcpu_on_spin")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
---
Changelog:
v2: 
	* Reworded the git commit as suggested by Sean
	* Dropped the me->kvm->last_boosted_vcpu in favor of
	  kvm->last_boosted_vcpu as suggested by Sean
v1:
	* https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240509090146.146153-1-leitao@debian.org/

---
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index ff0a20565f90..d9ce063c76f9 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -4066,12 +4066,13 @@ void kvm_vcpu_on_spin(struct kvm_vcpu *me, bool yield_to_kernel_mode)
 {
 	struct kvm *kvm = me->kvm;
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
-	int last_boosted_vcpu = me->kvm->last_boosted_vcpu;
+	int last_boosted_vcpu;
 	unsigned long i;
 	int yielded = 0;
 	int try = 3;
 	int pass;
 
+	last_boosted_vcpu = READ_ONCE(kvm->last_boosted_vcpu);
 	kvm_vcpu_set_in_spin_loop(me, true);
 	/*
 	 * We boost the priority of a VCPU that is runnable but not
@@ -4109,7 +4110,7 @@ void kvm_vcpu_on_spin(struct kvm_vcpu *me, bool yield_to_kernel_mode)
 
 			yielded = kvm_vcpu_yield_to(vcpu);
 			if (yielded > 0) {
-				kvm->last_boosted_vcpu = i;
+				WRITE_ONCE(kvm->last_boosted_vcpu, i);
 				break;
 			} else if (yielded < 0) {
 				try--;
-- 
2.43.0