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From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>, Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Deny PIT creation on the absence of in-kernel irqchip support
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:51:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EE8C61F.8050200@siemens.com> (raw)

Failing to do this allowed user space to crash the host by creating a
PIT without in-kernel IRQ controllers and routes in place:

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000128
IP: [<ffffffffa10f6280>] kvm_set_irq+0x30/0x170 [kvm]
...
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffffa11228c1>] pit_do_work+0x51/0xd0 [kvm]
 [<ffffffff81071431>] process_one_work+0x111/0x4d0
 [<ffffffff81071bb2>] worker_thread+0x152/0x340
 [<ffffffff81075c8e>] kthread+0x7e/0x90
 [<ffffffff815a4474>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
---

Stable material as well.

 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 23c93fe..7137a84 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -3152,6 +3152,9 @@ long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 			goto out;
 	create_pit:
 		mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
+		r = -ENXIO;
+		if (!irqchip_in_kernel(kvm))
+			goto create_pit_unlock;
 		r = -EEXIST;
 		if (kvm->arch.vpit)
 			goto create_pit_unlock;
-- 
1.7.3.4

             reply	other threads:[~2011-12-14 15:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-12-14 15:51 Jan Kiszka [this message]
2011-12-14 17:38 ` [PATCH] KVM: x86: Deny PIT creation on the absence of in-kernel irqchip support Jan Kiszka

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