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SubjectRe: [PATCH] KVM: s390: Test for bad access register at the start of S390_MEM_OP
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On 8/29/19 12:53 PM, Thomas Huth wrote:
> If the KVM_S390_MEM_OP ioctl is called with an access register >= 16,
> then there is certainly a bug in the calling userspace application.
> We check for wrong access registers, but only if the vCPU was already
> in the access register mode before (i.e. the SIE block has recorded
> it). The check is also buried somewhere deep in the calling chain (in
> the function ar_translation()), so this is somewhat hard to find.
>
> It's better to always report an error to the userspace in case this
> field is set wrong, and it's safer in the KVM code if we block wrong
> values here early instead of relying on a check somewhere deep down
> the calling chain, so let's add another check to kvm_s390_guest_mem_op()
> directly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> ---
> arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> index f329dcb3f44c..725690853cbd 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> @@ -4255,7 +4255,7 @@ static long kvm_s390_guest_mem_op(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> const u64 supported_flags = KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_INJECT_EXCEPTION
> | KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CHECK_ONLY;
>
> - if (mop->flags & ~supported_flags)
> + if (mop->flags & ~supported_flags || mop->ar >= NUM_ACRS)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> if (mop->size > MEM_OP_MAX_SIZE)
>

By the way, I think we want to check mop->size for 0 before giving it to
vmalloc and working with it.

Reviewed-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>

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