Re: [PATCH 4/4] KVM: X86: Potential 'index out of range' bug

From: Vitaly Kuznetsov
Date: Fri Sep 03 2021 - 07:44:26 EST


Jiang Jiasheng <jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The kvm_get_vcpu() will call for the array_index_nospec()
> with the value of atomic_read(&(v->kvm)->online_vcpus) as size,
> and the value of constant '0' as index.
> If the size is also '0', it will be unreasonabe
> that the index is no less than the size.
>

Can this really happen?

'online_vcpus' is never decreased, it is increased with every
kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu() call when a new vCPU is created and is set to
0 when all vCPUs are destroyed (kvm_free_vcpus()).

kvm_guest_time_update() takes a vcpu as a parameter, this means that at
least 1 vCPU is currently present so 'online_vcpus' just can't be zero.

> Signed-off-by: Jiang Jiasheng <jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index e0f4a46..c59013c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -2871,7 +2871,7 @@ static int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
> offsetof(struct compat_vcpu_info, time));
> if (vcpu->xen.vcpu_time_info_set)
> kvm_setup_pvclock_page(v, &vcpu->xen.vcpu_time_info_cache, 0);
> - if (v == kvm_get_vcpu(v->kvm, 0))
> + if (atomic_read(&(v->kvm)->online_vcpus) > 0 && v == kvm_get_vcpu(v->kvm, 0))
> kvm_hv_setup_tsc_page(v->kvm, &vcpu->hv_clock);
> return 0;
> }

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Vitaly