Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] KVM: move vcpu id checking to archs

Wei Yang
2016-04-23T00:54:06Z

On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 11:30:45AM +0200, Greg Kurz wrote:
>On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 17:21:03 +0800
>Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@huawei.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Greg
>>
>
>Hi Wei !
>
>> One confusion.
>>
>> There are 5 kvm_arch_vcpu_create() while in this patch you changed 2 of them.
>> Some particular reason?
>>
>
>Yes and the reason is given in the changelog:
>- ARM and s390 already have such a check
>- PowerPC can live without this check
>- this patch simply moves the check to MIPS and x86
>
>Does it clarify ?
>

Sure, thanks :-)

>Cheers.
>
>--
>Greg
>
>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 04:20:53PM +0200, Greg Kurz wrote:
>> >Commit 338c7dbadd26 ("KVM: Improve create VCPU parameter (CVE-2013-4587)")
>> >introduced a check to prevent potential kernel memory corruption in case
>> >the vcpu id is too great.
>> >
>> >Unfortunately this check assumes vcpu ids grow in sequence with a common
>> >difference of 1, which is wrong: archs are free to use vcpu id as they fit.
>> >For example, QEMU originated vcpu ids for PowerPC cpus running in boot3s_hv
>> >mode, can grow with a common difference of 2, 4 or 8: if KVM_MAX_VCPUS is
>> >1024, guests may be limited down to 128 vcpus on POWER8.
>> >
>> >This means the check does not belong here and should be moved to some arch
>> >specific function: kvm_arch_vcpu_create() looks like a good candidate.
>> >
>> >ARM and s390 already have such a check.
>> >
>> >I could not spot any path in the PowerPC or common KVM code where a vcpu
>> >id is used as described in the above commit: I believe PowerPC can live
>> >without this check.
>> >
>> >In the end, this patch simply moves the check to MIPS and x86. While here,
>> >we also update the documentation to dissociate vcpu ids from the maximum
>> >number of vcpus per virtual machine.
>> >
>> >Acked-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
>> >Acked-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
>> >Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> >---
>> >v4: - updated subject for more clarity on what the patch does
>> > - added James's and Connie's A-b tags
>> > - updated documentation
>> >
>> > Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 7 +++----
>> > arch/mips/kvm/mips.c | 7 ++++++-
>> > arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 3 +++
>> > virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 3 ---
>> > 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>> >
>> >diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>> >index 4d0542c5206b..486a1d783b82 100644
>> >--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>> >+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>> >@@ -199,11 +199,10 @@ Type: vm ioctl
>> > Parameters: vcpu id (apic id on x86)
>> > Returns: vcpu fd on success, -1 on error
>> >
>> >-This API adds a vcpu to a virtual machine. The vcpu id is a small integer
>> >-in the range [0, max_vcpus).
>> >+This API adds a vcpu to a virtual machine. The vcpu id is a positive integer.
>> >
>> >-The recommended max_vcpus value can be retrieved using the KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS of
>> >-the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl() at run-time.
>> >+The recommended maximum number of vcpus (max_vcpus) can be retrieved using the
>> >+KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS of the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl() at run-time.
>> > The maximum possible value for max_vcpus can be retrieved using the
>> > KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS of the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl() at run-time.
>> >
>> >diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
>> >index 70ef1a43c114..0278ea146db5 100644
>> >--- a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
>> >+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
>> >@@ -248,9 +248,14 @@ struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int id)
>> > int err, size, offset;
>> > void *gebase;
>> > int i;
>> >+ struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
>> >
>> >- struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_vcpu), GFP_KERNEL);
>> >+ if (id >= KVM_MAX_VCPUS) {
>> >+ err = -EINVAL;
>> >+ goto out;
>> >+ }
>> >
>> >+ vcpu = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_vcpu), GFP_KERNEL);
>> > if (!vcpu) {
>> > err = -ENOMEM;
>> > goto out;
>> >diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> >index 9b7798c7b210..7738202edcce 100644
>> >--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> >+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> >@@ -7358,6 +7358,9 @@ struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm *kvm,
>> > {
>> > struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
>> >
>> >+ if (id >= KVM_MAX_VCPUS)
>> >+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>> >+
>> > if (check_tsc_unstable() && atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus) != 0)
>> > printk_once(KERN_WARNING
>> > "kvm: SMP vm created on host with unstable TSC; "
>> >diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
>> >index 4fd482fb9260..6b6cca3cb488 100644
>> >--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
>> >+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
>> >@@ -2272,9 +2272,6 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id)
>> > int r;
>> > struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
>> >
>> >- if (id >= KVM_MAX_VCPUS)
>> >- return -EINVAL;
>> >-
>> > vcpu = kvm_arch_vcpu_create(kvm, id);
>> > if (IS_ERR(vcpu))
>> > return PTR_ERR(vcpu);
>> >
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