Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Fix the NULL pointer parameter in check_cr_write()

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Mon Sep 18 2017 - 08:19:35 EST


On 18.09.2017 12:45, Yu Zhang wrote:
> Routine check_cr_write() will trigger emulator_get_cpuid()->
> kvm_cpuid() to get maxphyaddr, and NULL is passed as values
> for ebx/ecx/edx. This is problematic because kvm_cpuid() will
> dereference these pointers.
>
> Fixes: d1cd3ce90044 ("KVM: MMU: check guest CR3 reserved bits based on its physical address width.")
> Reported-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yu Zhang <yu.c.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 8 +++++---
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> index 16bf665..15f527b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> @@ -4102,10 +4102,12 @@ static int check_cr_write(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
> ctxt->ops->get_msr(ctxt, MSR_EFER, &efer);
> if (efer & EFER_LMA) {
> u64 maxphyaddr;
> - u32 eax = 0x80000008;
> + u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
>
> - if (ctxt->ops->get_cpuid(ctxt, &eax, NULL, NULL,
> - NULL, false))
> + eax = 0x80000008;
> + ecx = 0;
> + if (ctxt->ops->get_cpuid(ctxt, &eax, &ebx, &ecx,
> + &edx, false))
> maxphyaddr = eax & 0xff;
> else
> maxphyaddr = 36;
>

Not sure if fixing kvm_cpuid() would be better.

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Thanks,

David