From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Yosry Ahmed" <yosry@kernel.org>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 02/12] KVM: selftests: Fix RAX and RFLAGS VMCB offsets when running L2
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:07:33 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260728000733.987911F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260727235228.1007324-3-yosry@kernel.org>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
Pre-existing issues:
- [High] The hardcoded offsets in `LOAD_GPR_C` and `SAVE_GPR_C` are misaligned with `struct gpr64_regs` by 8 bytes, causing out-of-bounds memory corruption and shifting L1/L2 registers to incorrect offsets.
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--- Patch [2]: [PATCH v4 02/12] KVM: selftests: Fix RAX and RFLAGS VMCB offsets when running L2 ---
commit 828b231275dca6c618d4ec1f5e43abd20a4b5e54
Author: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
KVM: selftests: Fix RAX and RFLAGS VMCB offsets when running L2
This commit fixes incorrect vmcb_save_area offsets by using vmcb->save.rax
and vmcb->save.rflags as parameters to the assembly block. This avoids
hardcoding offsets completely and also directly uses guest_regs.rax instead
of assuming it is at offset 0.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260521092311.86030-1-pbonzini@redhat.com/
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260518202514.2037078-1-yosry%40kernel.org?part=1
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/svm.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/svm.c
> index 1445b890986fd..766d15f1d534a 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/svm.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/svm.c
> @@ -164,19 +164,22 @@ void run_guest(struct vmcb *vmcb, u64 vmcb_gpa)
> {
> asm volatile (
> "vmload %[vmcb_gpa]\n\t"
> - "mov rflags, %%r15\n\t" // rflags
> - "mov %%r15, 0x170(%[vmcb])\n\t"
> - "mov guest_regs, %%r15\n\t" // rax
> - "mov %%r15, 0x1f8(%[vmcb])\n\t"
> + "mov rflags, %%r15\n\t"
> + "mov %%r15, %[vmcb_rflags]\n\t"
> + "mov %[guest_regs_rax], %%r15\n\t"
> + "mov %%r15, %[vmcb_rax]\n\t"
> LOAD_GPR_C
> "vmrun %[vmcb_gpa]\n\t"
> SAVE_GPR_C
[Severity: High]
This isn't a bug introduced by this patch, but do the hardcoded memory
offsets in LOAD_GPR_C and SAVE_GPR_C cause an out-of-bounds memory access?
These macros use offsets that appear to be misaligned with the layout
of struct gpr64_regs by 8 bytes. For instance, SAVE_GPR_C exchanges
%r15 with guest_regs+0x80.
Since guest_regs has a total size of exactly 0x80 bytes, doesn't this
result in an 8-byte out-of-bounds memory write past the end of the
structure that could corrupt adjacent globals?
> - "mov 0x170(%[vmcb]), %%r15\n\t" // rflags
> "mov %%r15, rflags\n\t"
> - "mov 0x1f8(%[vmcb]), %%r15\n\t" // rax
> - "mov %%r15, guest_regs\n\t"
> + "mov %[vmcb_rax], %%r15\n\t" // rax
> + "mov %%r15, %[guest_regs_rax]\n\t"
> "vmsave %[vmcb_gpa]\n\t"
> - : : [vmcb] "r" (vmcb), [vmcb_gpa] "a" (vmcb_gpa)
> + : [vmcb_rflags] "+m" (vmcb->save.rflags),
> + [vmcb_rax] "+m" (vmcb->save.rax),
> + [guest_regs_rax] "+rm" (guest_regs.rax)
> + : [vmcb_gpa] "a" (vmcb_gpa)
> : "r15", "memory");
> }
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260727235228.1007324-1-yosry@kernel.org?part=2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-28 0:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-27 23:52 [PATCH v4 00/12] KVM: selftests: Stress save+restore and #PF (ft. nested) Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 01/12] KVM: selftests: Use __stringify() instead of custom XSTR() macros Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 02/12] KVM: selftests: Fix RAX and RFLAGS VMCB offsets when running L2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:07 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-07-28 0:29 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 03/12] KVM: selftests: Rework GPR registers switching for SVM (and fix offsets) Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 04/12] KVM: selftests: Handle rflags save/restore for SVM in guest_regs Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 05/12] KVM: selftests: Reuse GPR switching logic for nVMX Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:05 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-28 0:30 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 06/12] KVM: selftests: Drop HORRIFIC_L2_UCALL_CLOBBER_HACK Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 07/12] KVM: selftests: Add a blank line before logging assertion failures Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 08/12] KVM: selftests: Expose PTE masks to guests as part of an MMU Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 09/12] KVM: selftests: Add basic stress test for save+restore and #PF handling Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 10/12] KVM: selftests: Trigger save+restore randomly in the #PF stress test Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 11/12] KVM: selftests: Support running stress save+restore and #PF test in L2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-27 23:52 ` [PATCH v4 12/12] KVM: selftests: Trigger L2->L1 exits stress save+restore and #PF test Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-28 0:09 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-28 0:31 ` Yosry Ahmed
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