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Calculate the host-reserved cr4 bits at runtime based on the system's capabilities (using logic similar to __do_cpuid_func()), and use the dynamically generated mask for the reserved bit check in kvm_set_cr4() instead using of the static CR4_RESERVED_BITS define. This prevents userspace from "enabling" features in cr4 that are not supported by the system, e.g. by ignoring KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID and specifying a bogus CPUID for the vCPU. Allowing userspace to set unsupported bits in cr4 can lead to a variety of undesirable behavior, e.g. failed VM-Enter, and in general increases KVM's attack surface. A crafty userspace can even abuse CR4.LA57 to induce an unchecked #GP on a WRMSR. On a platform without LA57 support: KVM_SET_CPUID2 // CPUID_7_0_ECX.LA57 = 1 KVM_SET_SREGS // CR4.LA57 = 1 KVM_SET_MSRS // KERNEL_GS_BASE = 0x0004000000000000 KVM_RUN leads to a #GP when writing KERNEL_GS_BASE into hardware: unchecked MSR access error: WRMSR to 0xc0000102 (tried to write 0x0004000000000000) at rIP: 0xffffffffa00f239a (vmx_prepare_switch_to_guest+0x10a/0x1d0 [kvm_intel]) Call Trace: kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x671/0x1c70 [kvm] kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x36b/0x5d0 [kvm] do_vfs_ioctl+0xa1/0x620 ksys_ioctl+0x66/0x70 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x16/0x20 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0x170 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 RIP: 0033:0x7fc08133bf47 Note, the above sequence fails VM-Enter due to invalid guest state. Userspace can allow VM-Enter to succeed (after the WRMSR #GP) by adding a KVM_SET_SREGS w/ CR4.LA57=0 after KVM_SET_MSRS, in which case KVM will technically leak the host's KERNEL_GS_BASE into the guest. But, as KERNEL_GS_BASE is a userspace-defined value/address, the leak is largely benign as a malicious userspace would simply be exposing its own data to the guest, and attacking a benevolent userspace would require multiple bugs in the userspace VMM. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jun Nakajima <jun.nakajima@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.