Re: kvm: WARNING in em_jmp_far
From: Dmitry Vyukov
Date: Tue Nov 15 2016 - 00:31:21 EST
On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 6:24 AM, Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Nov 14, 2016, at 9:06 PM, Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> The following program triggers WARNING in em_jmp_far:
>> https://gist.githubusercontent.com/dvyukov/16bfd3d68fa7d5461101ef74e07796e4/raw/e6d663980681f2c5838ff6cd361cede7d3204838/gistfile1.txt
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>> WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 15748 at arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c:2128 em_jmp_far+0x4a7/0x530
>
> I donât know how to âreadâ the test, but it seems that this warning
> can be triggered if CS base/limit cause a #GP exception when EIP
> is loaded.
>
> I think it safe to remove this warning (which I introduced) as well as
> the redundant âreturn rcâ that follows it. The code should handle the
> emulation correctly regardless of the warning.
There was also a similar WARNING in em_ret_far:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/syzkaller/o5ZftARBhrs/r1ivQ-HtBgAJ
Please mail a fix and add a test.
Thanks