[Devel] [PATCH 2/2] KVM: MMU: always terminate page walks at level 1

Denis Plotnikov dplotnikov at virtuozzo.com
Fri Oct 13 19:10:01 MSK 2017


From: Ladi Prosek <lprosek at redhat.com>

is_last_gpte() is not equivalent to the pseudo-code given in commit
6bb69c9b69c31 ("KVM: MMU: simplify last_pte_bitmap") because an incorrect
value of last_nonleaf_level may override the result even if level == 1.

It is critical for is_last_gpte() to return true on level == 1 to
terminate page walks. Otherwise memory corruption may occur as level
is used as an index to various data structures throughout the page
walking code.  Even though the actual bug would be wherever the MMU is
initialized (as in the previous patch), be defensive and ensure here
that is_last_gpte() returns the correct value.

This patch is also enough to fix CVE-2017-12188.

Fixes: 6bb69c9b69c315200ddc2bc79aee14c0184cf5b2
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andy Honig <ahonig at google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ladi Prosek <lprosek at redhat.com>
[Panic if walk_addr_generic gets an incorrect level; this is a serious
 bug and it's not worth a WARN_ON where the recovery path might hide
 further exploitable issues; suggested by Andrew Honig. - Paolo]
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini at redhat.com>

(cherry picked from commit 829ee279aed43faa5cb1e4d65c0cad52f2426c53)
fix #PSBM-74910
Signed-off-by: Denis Plotnikov <dplotnikov at virtuozzo.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c         | 14 +++++++-------
 arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 5b64390..d1f5589 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -3676,19 +3676,19 @@ static inline bool is_last_gpte(struct kvm_mmu *mmu,
 				unsigned level, unsigned gpte)
 {
 	/*
-	 * PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL always terminates.  The RHS has bit 7 set
-	 * iff level <= PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL, which for our purpose means
-	 * level == PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL; set PT_PAGE_SIZE_MASK in gpte then.
-	 */
-	gpte |= level - PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL - 1;
-
-	/*
 	 * The RHS has bit 7 set iff level < mmu->last_nonleaf_level.
 	 * If it is clear, there are no large pages at this level, so clear
 	 * PT_PAGE_SIZE_MASK in gpte if that is the case.
 	 */
 	gpte &= level - mmu->last_nonleaf_level;
 
+	/*
+	 * PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL always terminates.  The RHS has bit 7 set
+	 * iff level <= PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL, which for our purpose means
+	 * level == PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL; set PT_PAGE_SIZE_MASK in gpte then.
+	 */
+	gpte |= level - PT_PAGE_TABLE_LEVEL - 1;
+
 	return gpte & PT_PAGE_SIZE_MASK;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
index 1545467..bc6a43a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -307,10 +307,11 @@ retry_walk:
 		--walker->level;
 
 		index = PT_INDEX(addr, walker->level);
-
 		table_gfn = gpte_to_gfn(pte);
 		offset    = index * sizeof(pt_element_t);
 		pte_gpa   = gfn_to_gpa(table_gfn) + offset;
+
+		BUG_ON(walker->level < 1);
 		walker->table_gfn[walker->level - 1] = table_gfn;
 		walker->pte_gpa[walker->level - 1] = pte_gpa;
 
-- 
2.7.4



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