CVE-2013-1797 (published 2013-03-22T11:59Z)

Use-after-free vulnerability in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that triggers use of a guest physical address (GPA) in (1) movable or (2) removable memory during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME kvm_set_msr_common operation.

Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v2 base score: 6.8 (AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-399
cwe_name: Resource Management Errors
description: Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
author: Andy Honig
author_date: 2013-02-20 14:48:10-08:00
msg: KVM: x86: Convert MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME to use gfn_to_hva_cache functions (CVE-2013-1797)

There is a potential use after free issue with the handling of
MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME.  If the guest specifies a GPA in a movable or removable
memory such as frame buffers then KVM might continue to write to that
address even after it's removed via KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION.  KVM pins
the page in memory so it's unlikely to cause an issue, but if the user
space component re-purposes the memory previously used for the guest, then
the guest will be able to corrupt that memory.

Tested: Tested against kvmclock unit test

Signed-off-by: Andrew Honig <ahonig@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
repository: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
repo_name: torvalds/linux
description: Linux kernel source tree
repo_language: C
owner: torvalds
file_changes: filename: kvm_host.h
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -414,8 +414,8 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 	gpa_t time;
 	struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info hv_clock;
 	unsigned int hw_tsc_khz;
-	unsigned int time_offset;
-	struct page *time_page;
+	struct gfn_to_hva_cache pv_time;
+	bool pv_time_enabled;
 	/* set guest stopped flag in pvclock flags field */
 	bool pvclock_set_guest_stopped_request;
 

programming_language: C
filename: x86.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -1406,10 +1406,9 @@ static int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
 	unsigned long flags, this_tsc_khz;
 	struct kvm_vcpu_arch *vcpu = &v->arch;
 	struct kvm_arch *ka = &v->kvm->arch;
-	void *shared_kaddr;
 	s64 kernel_ns, max_kernel_ns;
 	u64 tsc_timestamp, host_tsc;
-	struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info *guest_hv_clock;
+	struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info guest_hv_clock;
 	u8 pvclock_flags;
 	bool use_master_clock;
 
@@ -1463,7 +1462,7 @@ static int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
 
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
-	if (!vcpu->time_page)
+	if (!vcpu->pv_time_enabled)
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -1525,12 +1524,12 @@ static int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
 	 */
 	vcpu->hv_clock.version += 2;
 
-	shared_kaddr = kmap_atomic(vcpu->time_page);
-
-	guest_hv_clock = shared_kaddr + vcpu->time_offset;
+	if (unlikely(kvm_read_guest_cached(v->kvm, &vcpu->pv_time,
+		&guest_hv_clock, sizeof(guest_hv_clock))))
+		return 0;
 
 	/* retain PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED if set in guest copy */
-	pvclock_flags = (guest_hv_clock->flags & PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED);
+	pvclock_flags = (guest_hv_clock.flags & PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED);
 
 	if (vcpu->pvclock_set_guest_stopped_request) {
 		pvclock_flags |= PVCLOCK_GUEST_STOPPED;
@@ -1543,12 +1542,9 @@ static int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
 
 	vcpu->hv_clock.flags = pvclock_flags;
 
-	memcpy(shared_kaddr + vcpu->time_offset, &vcpu->hv_clock,
-	       sizeof(vcpu->hv_clock));
-
-	kunmap_atomic(shared_kaddr);
-
-	mark_page_dirty(v->kvm, vcpu->time >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+	kvm_write_guest_cached(v->kvm, &vcpu->pv_time,
+				&vcpu->hv_clock,
+				sizeof(vcpu->hv_clock));
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1837,10 +1833,7 @@ static int kvm_pv_enable_async_pf(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 data)
 
 static void kvmclock_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	if (vcpu->arch.time_page) {
-		kvm_release_page_dirty(vcpu->arch.time_page);
-		vcpu->arch.time_page = NULL;
-	}
+	vcpu->arch.pv_time_enabled = false;
 }
 
 static void accumulate_steal_time(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -1947,6 +1940,7 @@ int kvm_set_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 		break;
 	case MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME_NEW:
 	case MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME: {
+		u64 gpa_offset;
 		kvmclock_reset(vcpu);
 
 		vcpu->arch.time = data;
@@ -1956,19 +1950,17 @@ int kvm_set_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 		if (!(data & 1))
 			break;
 
-		/* ...but clean it before doing the actual write */
-		vcpu->arch.time_offset = data & ~(PAGE_MASK | 1);
+		gpa_offset = data & ~(PAGE_MASK | 1);
 
 		/* Check that the address is 32-byte aligned. */
-		if (vcpu->arch.time_offset &
-				(sizeof(struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info) - 1))
+		if (gpa_offset & (sizeof(struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info) - 1))
 			break;
 
-		vcpu->arch.time_page =
-				gfn_to_page(vcpu->kvm, data >> PAGE_SHIFT);
-
-		if (is_error_page(vcpu->arch.time_page))
-			vcpu->arch.time_page = NULL;
+		if (kvm_gfn_to_hva_cache_init(vcpu->kvm,
+		     &vcpu->arch.pv_time, data & ~1ULL))
+			vcpu->arch.pv_time_enabled = false;
+		else
+			vcpu->arch.pv_time_enabled = true;
 
 		break;
 	}
@@ -2972,7 +2964,7 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_set_xcrs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
  */
 static int kvm_set_guest_paused(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	if (!vcpu->arch.time_page)
+	if (!vcpu->arch.pv_time_enabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	vcpu->arch.pvclock_set_guest_stopped_request = true;
 	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_CLOCK_UPDATE, vcpu);
@@ -6723,6 +6715,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		goto fail_free_wbinvd_dirty_mask;
 
 	vcpu->arch.ia32_tsc_adjust_msr = 0x0;
+	vcpu->arch.pv_time_enabled = false;
 	kvm_async_pf_hash_reset(vcpu);
 	kvm_pmu_init(vcpu);
 

programming_language: C