From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Binbin Wu" <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com>, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 5/5] KVM: TDX: Validate userspace CPUID input for KVM_TDX_INIT_VM
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:24:02 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-174077@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261016091422.3182216-6-binbin.wu@linux.intel.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] kvm: KVM_TDX_INIT_VM rejects CPUID.0x7.0.EAX breaking guest subleaf enumeration
- [High] mm: heap buffer overflow in setup_tdparams_cpuids() via unbounded td_conf->num_cpuid_config
--
commit 8ec54e6006917e96837000de9e4002c7f4499444
Author: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com>
KVM: TDX: Validate userspace CPUID input for KVM_TDX_INIT_VM
This commit validates the CPUID configuration provided by userspace
through KVM_TDX_INIT_VM against KVM's TDX allowlist. It drops the
hardcoded denylist-based check in favor of a strict allowlist.
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
> index e53f1e98bb04a..80c6519c13ff5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -2567,6 +2548,14 @@ static int setup_tdparams_eptp_controls(struct kvm_cpuid2 *cpuid,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static bool tdx_has_unsupported_cpuid_cfg_bit(const struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *e, u32 index)
> +{
> + return (e->eax & ~tdx_get_cpuid_cfg_mask(e->function, index, CPUID_EAX)) ||
> + (e->ebx & ~tdx_get_cpuid_cfg_mask(e->function, index, CPUID_EBX)) ||
> + (e->ecx & ~tdx_get_cpuid_cfg_mask(e->function, index, CPUID_ECX)) ||
> + (e->edx & ~tdx_get_cpuid_cfg_mask(e->function, index, CPUID_EDX));
> +}
[Severity: High]
Does this strict allowlist check inadvertently break guest subleaf enumeration
by rejecting valid KVM_TDX_INIT_VM inputs?
CPUID leaf 0x7 subleaf 0 EAX contains the maximum supported subleaf index,
which is non-feature information. However, tdx_get_cpuid_cfg_non_feature_mask()
completely omits leaf 0x7, and reverse_cpuid does not track 0x7.0.EAX as a
feature word.
Because tdx_get_cpuid_cfg_mask(0x7, 0, CPUID_EAX) returns 0, this new check
will reject any non-zero value for CPUID.0x7.0.EAX. This strictly requires
userspace to provide 0, effectively preventing exposure of subleaves 1+
(such as for AMX or AVX-VNNI) and breaking valid VM initialization requests.
> static int setup_tdparams_cpuids(struct kvm_cpuid2 *cpuid,
> struct td_params *td_params)
> {
[ ... ]
> @@ -2596,7 +2585,7 @@ static int setup_tdparams_cpuids(struct kvm_cpuid2 *cpuid,
> * not the index of the userspace entry, which may differ if
> * KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX isn't set.
> */
> - if (tdx_unsupported_cpuid(entry, tmp.index))
> + if (tdx_has_unsupported_cpuid_cfg_bit(entry, tmp.index))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> copy_cnt++;
[Severity: High]
Can the loop enclosing this code write past the end of the td_params heap
allocation?
td_conf->num_cpuid_config is read from the TDX module and bounded to 128
by KVM in get_tdx_sys_info_td_conf():
if (sysinfo_td_conf->num_cpuid_config > ARRAY_SIZE(sysinfo_td_conf->cpuid_config_leaves))
return -EINVAL;
However, td_params->cpuid_values is an array inside a union with
u8 reserved3[768], which limits it to 48 tdx_cpuid_value structures:
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx_arch.h:struct td_params {
...
union {
DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(struct tdx_cpuid_value, cpuid_values);
u8 reserved3[768];
};
} __packed __aligned(1024);
td_params itself is dynamically allocated as a fixed 1024-byte object via
kzalloc_obj(struct td_params) in setup_tdparams().
If the hardware returns a num_cpuid_config value greater than 48, the loop
in setup_tdparams_cpuids() will exceed the 48-element capacity when assigning
value = &td_params->cpuid_values[i] just below this snippet, causing a heap
buffer overflow.
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261016091422.3182216-1-binbin.wu@linux.intel.com?part=5
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-16 9:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-16 9:14 [PATCH v5 0/5] KVM: TDX: Validate directly configurable CPUID bits Binbin Wu
2026-10-16 9:14 ` [PATCH v5 1/5] KVM: TDX: Check unsupported CPUID bits against the TDX module's subleaf Binbin Wu
2026-10-16 15:25 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-10-16 22:15 ` Binbin Wu
2026-10-16 23:26 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-10-16 9:14 ` [PATCH v5 2/5] KVM: TDX: Track configurable CPUID bits allowed by KVM Binbin Wu
2026-10-16 9:14 ` [PATCH v5 3/5] KVM: TDX: Add CORE_CAPABILITIES to the allowlist Binbin Wu
2026-10-16 9:14 ` [PATCH v5 4/5] KVM: TDX: Report only KVM-allowed CPUIDs in KVM_TDX_CAPABILITIES Binbin Wu
2026-10-16 9:14 ` [PATCH v5 5/5] KVM: TDX: Validate userspace CPUID input for KVM_TDX_INIT_VM Binbin Wu
2026-10-16 9:24 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
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