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* [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: Trap unconditionally if msr bitmap access fails
@ 2013-02-14 18:46 Jan Kiszka
  2013-02-17  8:56 ` Gleb Natapov
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jan Kiszka @ 2013-02-14 18:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Gleb Natapov, Marcelo Tosatti; +Cc: kvm, Nadav Har'El

This avoids basing decisions on uninitialized variables, potentially
leaking kernel data to the L1 guest.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 2633199..81a25de 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -5991,7 +5991,8 @@ static bool nested_vmx_exit_handled_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	/* Then read the msr_index'th bit from this bitmap: */
 	if (msr_index < 1024*8) {
 		unsigned char b;
-		kvm_read_guest(vcpu->kvm, bitmap + msr_index/8, &b, 1);
+		if (kvm_read_guest(vcpu->kvm, bitmap + msr_index/8, &b, 1))
+			return 1;
 		return 1 & (b >> (msr_index & 7));
 	} else
 		return 1; /* let L1 handle the wrong parameter */
-- 
1.7.3.4

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* Re: [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: Trap unconditionally if msr bitmap access fails
  2013-02-14 18:46 [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: Trap unconditionally if msr bitmap access fails Jan Kiszka
@ 2013-02-17  8:56 ` Gleb Natapov
  2013-02-19  2:20   ` Marcelo Tosatti
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Gleb Natapov @ 2013-02-17  8:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jan Kiszka; +Cc: Marcelo Tosatti, kvm, Nadav Har'El

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 07:46:27PM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> This avoids basing decisions on uninitialized variables, potentially
> leaking kernel data to the L1 guest.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Reviewed-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>

> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c |    3 ++-
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index 2633199..81a25de 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -5991,7 +5991,8 @@ static bool nested_vmx_exit_handled_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>  	/* Then read the msr_index'th bit from this bitmap: */
>  	if (msr_index < 1024*8) {
>  		unsigned char b;
> -		kvm_read_guest(vcpu->kvm, bitmap + msr_index/8, &b, 1);
> +		if (kvm_read_guest(vcpu->kvm, bitmap + msr_index/8, &b, 1))
> +			return 1;
>  		return 1 & (b >> (msr_index & 7));
>  	} else
>  		return 1; /* let L1 handle the wrong parameter */
> -- 
> 1.7.3.4

--
			Gleb.

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* Re: [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: Trap unconditionally if msr bitmap access fails
  2013-02-17  8:56 ` Gleb Natapov
@ 2013-02-19  2:20   ` Marcelo Tosatti
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Marcelo Tosatti @ 2013-02-19  2:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Gleb Natapov; +Cc: Jan Kiszka, kvm, Nadav Har'El

On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 10:56:36AM +0200, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 07:46:27PM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> > This avoids basing decisions on uninitialized variables, potentially
> > leaking kernel data to the L1 guest.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
> Reviewed-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>

Applied, thanks.


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