[PATCH v1 0/2] KVM: x86: cr8 reserved bit check

[Tharit Tangkijwanichakul]

kvm_is_valid_sregs() validates the incoming CR0, CR4, and efer values on
KVM_SET_SREGS but never checks CR8. When userspace passes a CR8 value with
any reserved bit [63:4] set, __set_sregs_common() forwards it to
kvm_set_cr8(), which rejects the reserved bits and returns early. That
return value is not checked, so the ioctl reports success while the
requested value is silently dropped, and a subsequent KVM_GET_SREGS then
returns a CR8 different from the one userspace believed it had written.

This was found by code inspection of kvm_is_valid_sregs() and confirmed
with the selftest added in patch 2.

Patch 1 factors the reserved-bit check into kvm_is_valid_cr8() and uses it
in both kvm_set_cr8() and kvm_is_valid_sregs() so that KVM_SET_SREGS
rejects reserved CR8 bits up front.

Patch 2 extends set_sregs_test to cover CR8: it verifies that bits [3:0]
can be set and read back, and that every reserved bit [63:4] is rejected
by KVM_SET_SREGS.

Testing
=======
Tested on an Intel host:
                              Unpatched kernel    Patched kernel
set_sregs_test CR8 case       FAIL                PASS
KVM x86 selftests             baseline            no regressions
kvm-unit-tests                baseline            no regressions

Tharit Tangkijwanichakul (2):
  KVM: x86: Reject reserved CR8 bits in KVM_SET_SREGS
  KVM: selftests: Add CR8 reserved-bit checks to set_sregs_test

 arch/x86/kvm/regs.c                              |  8 +++++++-
 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/set_sregs_test.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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