Re: [PATCH v1] KVM: x86: PMU Whitelist

[Andi Kleen]

Eric Hankland <ehankland@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> +int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_set_pmu_whitelist(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> +                                    struct kvm_pmu_whitelist __user *whtlst)
> +{
> +       struct kvm_pmu *pmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
> +       struct kvm_pmu_whitelist *old = pmu->whitelist;
> +       struct kvm_pmu_whitelist *new = NULL;
> +       struct kvm_pmu_whitelist tmp;
> +       int r;
> +       size_t size;
> +
> +       r = -EFAULT;
> +       if (copy_from_user(&tmp, whtlst, sizeof(struct kvm_pmu_whitelist)))
> +               goto err;
> +
> +       size = sizeof(tmp) + sizeof(tmp.events[0]) * tmp.num_events;
> +       new = kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);

Consider what happens when tmp.num_events is large enough to wrap size.
I suspect that's a kernel exploit as written.

Also don't you need to copy tmp to new?

-Andi