CVE-2017-2583 (published 2017-02-06T06:59Z)

The load_segment_descriptor implementation in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 improperly emulates a "MOV SS, NULL selector" instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or gain guest OS privileges via a crafted application.

Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v2 base score: 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
CVSS v3 base score: 8.4, HIGH (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: NVD-CWE-noinfo
cwe_name: Insufficient Information
description: There is insufficient information about the issue to classify it; details are unkown or unspecified.
extended_description: Insufficient Information

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
author: Paolo Bonzini
author_date: 2017-01-12 15:02:32+01:00
msg: KVM: x86: fix emulation of "MOV SS, null selector"

This is CVE-2017-2583.  On Intel this causes a failed vmentry because
SS's type is neither 3 nor 7 (even though the manual says this check is
only done for usable SS, and the dmesg splat says that SS is unusable!).
On AMD it's worse: svm.c is confused and sets CPL to 0 in the vmcb.

The fix fabricates a data segment descriptor when SS is set to a null
selector, so that CPL and SS.DPL are set correctly in the VMCS/vmcb.
Furthermore, only allow setting SS to a NULL selector if SS.RPL < 3;
this in turn ensures CPL < 3 because RPL must be equal to CPL.

Thanks to Andy Lutomirski and Willy Tarreau for help in analyzing
the bug and deciphering the manuals.

Reported-by: Xiaohan Zhang <zhangxiaohan1@huawei.com>
Fixes: 79d5b4c3cd809c770d4bf9812635647016c56011
Cc: stable@nongnu.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@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: emulate.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -1585,7 +1585,6 @@ static int write_segment_descriptor(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 				    &ctxt->exception);
 }
 
-/* Does not support long mode */
 static int __load_segment_descriptor(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 				     u16 selector, int seg, u8 cpl,
 				     enum x86_transfer_type transfer,
@@ -1622,20 +1621,34 @@ static int __load_segment_descriptor(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 
 	rpl = selector & 3;
 
-	/* NULL selector is not valid for TR, CS and SS (except for long mode) */
-	if ((seg == VCPU_SREG_CS
-	     || (seg == VCPU_SREG_SS
-		 && (ctxt->mode != X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64 || rpl != cpl))
-	     || seg == VCPU_SREG_TR)
-	    && null_selector)
-		goto exception;
-
 	/* TR should be in GDT only */
 	if (seg == VCPU_SREG_TR && (selector & (1 << 2)))
 		goto exception;
 
-	if (null_selector) /* for NULL selector skip all following checks */
+	/* NULL selector is not valid for TR, CS and (except for long mode) SS */
+	if (null_selector) {
+		if (seg == VCPU_SREG_CS || seg == VCPU_SREG_TR)
+			goto exception;
+
+		if (seg == VCPU_SREG_SS) {
+			if (ctxt->mode != X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64 || rpl != cpl)
+				goto exception;
+
+			/*
+			 * ctxt->ops->set_segment expects the CPL to be in
+			 * SS.DPL, so fake an expand-up 32-bit data segment.
+			 */
+			seg_desc.type = 3;
+			seg_desc.p = 1;
+			seg_desc.s = 1;
+			seg_desc.dpl = cpl;
+			seg_desc.d = 1;
+			seg_desc.g = 1;
+		}
+
+		/* Skip all following checks */
 		goto load;
+	}
 
 	ret = read_segment_descriptor(ctxt, selector, &seg_desc, &desc_addr);
 	if (ret != X86EMUL_CONTINUE)
@@ -1751,6 +1764,21 @@ static int load_segment_descriptor(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 				   u16 selector, int seg)
 {
 	u8 cpl = ctxt->ops->cpl(ctxt);
+
+	/*
+	 * None of MOV, POP and LSS can load a NULL selector in CPL=3, but
+	 * they can load it at CPL<3 (Intel's manual says only LSS can,
+	 * but it's wrong).
+	 *
+	 * However, the Intel manual says that putting IST=1/DPL=3 in
+	 * an interrupt gate will result in SS=3 (the AMD manual instead
+	 * says it doesn't), so allow SS=3 in __load_segment_descriptor
+	 * and only forbid it here.
+	 */
+	if (seg == VCPU_SREG_SS && selector == 3 &&
+	    ctxt->mode == X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64)
+		return emulate_exception(ctxt, GP_VECTOR, 0, true);
+
 	return __load_segment_descriptor(ctxt, selector, seg, cpl,
 					 X86_TRANSFER_NONE, NULL);
 }

programming_language: C++