From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Amit Machhiwal" <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] KVM: PPC: Fix get_d_signext() 12-bit displacement for paired-single D-form
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:35:35 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-163294@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261007182608.17188-1-amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Critical] kvm: ppc: out-of-bounds host memory access in magic page emulation
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commit 7a374e4096a679cdf2566d00b45341748bfbac50
Author: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>
KVM: PPC: Fix get_d_signext() 12-bit displacement for paired-single D-form
This commit fixes two compounding bugs in get_d_signext() related to
12-bit D-form displacements for paired-single instructions. It replaces
open-coded logic with sign_extend32 to correctly handle bit extraction
and two's-complement sign extension.
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_paired_singles.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_paired_singles.c
> index bc39c76c9d9fe..532f96293de0f 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_paired_singles.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_paired_singles.c
> @@ -479,12 +479,7 @@ static bool kvmppc_inst_is_paired_single(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 inst)
>
> static int get_d_signext(u32 inst)
> {
> - int d = inst & 0x8ff;
> -
> - if (d & 0x800)
> - return -(d & 0x7ff);
> -
> - return (d & 0x7ff);
> + return sign_extend32(inst & 0xfff, 11);
> }
[Severity: Critical]
By fixing the negative displacement calculation here, does this allow
negative displacements (like -4 encoding to 0xffc) to reach the magic page
emulation in kvmppc_st() and kvmppc_ld() without bounds checking?
For example, in arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c:kvmppc_st():
/* Magic page override */
if (kvmppc_supports_magic_page(vcpu) && mp_pa &&
((pte.raddr & KVM_PAM & PAGE_MASK) == mp_pa) &&
!(kvmppc_get_msr(vcpu) & MSR_PR)) {
void *magic = vcpu->arch.shared;
magic += pte.eaddr & 0xfff;
memcpy(magic, ptr, size);
return EMULATE_DONE;
}
If a guest VM sets up a base register pointing to the magic page and
executes an 8-byte memory access instruction (like psq_st or lfd) with an
offset that translates to 0xffc, could this memcpy copy 8 bytes starting
at offset 0xffc, overflowing the 4096-byte vcpu->arch.shared page?
A similar situation appears to exist in kvmppc_ld():
/* Magic page override */
if (kvmppc_supports_magic_page(vcpu) && mp_pa &&
((pte.raddr & KVM_PAM & PAGE_MASK) == mp_pa) &&
!(kvmppc_get_msr(vcpu) & MSR_PR)) {
void *magic = vcpu->arch.shared;
magic += pte.eaddr & 0xfff;
memcpy(ptr, magic, size);
return EMULATE_DONE;
}
Could this allow an 8-byte copy to read out-of-bounds host memory when
the offset is 0xffc?
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261007182116.12479-1-amachhiw@linux.ibm.com?part=3
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-07 18:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-07 18:21 [PATCH v4 0/3] KVM: PPC: Fixes for Book3S HV HPT locking and paired-single decoding Amit Machhiwal
2026-10-07 18:21 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add SRCU protection for virtual-mode HPT hcalls Amit Machhiwal
2026-10-07 18:21 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add preempt_disable() around virtual-mode HPTE bit-lock users Amit Machhiwal
2026-10-07 18:47 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-07 19:30 ` Amit Machhiwal
2026-10-07 18:26 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] KVM: PPC: Fix get_d_signext() 12-bit displacement for paired-single D-form Amit Machhiwal
2026-10-07 18:35 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
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