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Subject[PATCH 3.8 051/166] KVM: Improve create VCPU parameter (CVE-2013-4587)
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3.8.13.16 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Andy Honig <ahonig@google.com>

commit 338c7dbadd2671189cec7faf64c84d01071b3f96 upstream.

In multiple functions the vcpu_id is used as an offset into a bitfield. Ag
malicious user could specify a vcpu_id greater than 255 in order to set or
clear bits in kernel memory. This could be used to elevate priveges in the
kernel. This patch verifies that the vcpu_id provided is less than 255.
The api documentation already specifies that the vcpu_id must be less than
max_vcpus, but this is currently not checked.

Reported-by: Andrew Honig <ahonig@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Honig <ahonig@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com>
---
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 4dc41654..4884600 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1839,6 +1839,9 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id)
int r;
struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, *v;

+ if (id >= KVM_MAX_VCPUS)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
vcpu = kvm_arch_vcpu_create(kvm, id);
if (IS_ERR(vcpu))
return PTR_ERR(vcpu);
--
1.8.3.2


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