Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: X86: Fix null pointer reference for KVM_GET_MSRS

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 25/10/20 19:53, Peter Xu wrote:
> kvm_msr_ignored_check() could trigger a null pointer reference if ignore_msrs=Y
> and report_ignore_msrs=Y when try to fetch an invalid feature msr using the
> global KVM_GET_MSRS.  Degrade the error report to not rely on vcpu since that
> information (index, rip) is not as important as msr index/data after all.
> 
> Fixes: 12bc2132b15e0a96
> Reported-by: Steffen Dirkwinkel <kernel-bugs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index ce856e0ece84..5993fbd6d2c5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ static int kvm_msr_ignored_check(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr,
>  
>  	if (ignore_msrs) {
>  		if (report_ignored_msrs)
> -			vcpu_unimpl(vcpu, "ignored %s: 0x%x data 0x%llx\n",
> -				    op, msr, data);
> +			kvm_pr_unimpl("ignored %s: 0x%x data 0x%llx\n",
> +				      op, msr, data);
>  		/* Mask the error */
>  		return 0;
>  	} else {
> 

I committed Takashi Iwai's very similar patch.  Please resend 1/2 with
reviewer comments addressed, thanks!

Paolo