KVM: Improve create VCPU parameter (CVE-2013-4587)

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: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 8bf05f0..bfa8e1e 100644 (file)
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1683,6 +1683,9 @@ 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);