CVE-2015-0239 (published 2015-03-02T11:59Z)

The em_sysenter function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5, when the guest OS lacks SYSENTER MSR initialization, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by triggering use of a 16-bit code segment for emulation of a SYSENTER instruction.

Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v2 base score: 4.4 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-269
cwe_name: Improper Privilege Management
description: The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
extended_description: 
            
         
         

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
author: Nadav Amit
author_date: 2015-01-01 23:11:11+02:00
msg: KVM: x86: SYSENTER emulation is broken

SYSENTER emulation is broken in several ways:
1. It misses the case of 16-bit code segments completely (CVE-2015-0239).
2. MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS is checked in 64-bit mode incorrectly (bits 0 and 1 can
   still be set without causing #GP).
3. MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_EIP and MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP are not masked in
   legacy-mode.
4. There is some unneeded code.

Fix it.

Cc: stable@vger.linux.org
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@cs.technion.ac.il>
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: @@ -2348,7 +2348,7 @@ static int em_sysenter(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 	 * Not recognized on AMD in compat mode (but is recognized in legacy
 	 * mode).
 	 */
-	if ((ctxt->mode == X86EMUL_MODE_PROT32) && (efer & EFER_LMA)
+	if ((ctxt->mode != X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64) && (efer & EFER_LMA)
 	    && !vendor_intel(ctxt))
 		return emulate_ud(ctxt);
 
@@ -2359,25 +2359,13 @@ static int em_sysenter(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 	setup_syscalls_segments(ctxt, &cs, &ss);
 
 	ops->get_msr(ctxt, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS, &msr_data);
-	switch (ctxt->mode) {
-	case X86EMUL_MODE_PROT32:
-		if ((msr_data & 0xfffc) == 0x0)
-			return emulate_gp(ctxt, 0);
-		break;
-	case X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64:
-		if (msr_data == 0x0)
-			return emulate_gp(ctxt, 0);
-		break;
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
+	if ((msr_data & 0xfffc) == 0x0)
+		return emulate_gp(ctxt, 0);
 
 	ctxt->eflags &= ~(EFLG_VM | EFLG_IF);
-	cs_sel = (u16)msr_data;
-	cs_sel &= ~SELECTOR_RPL_MASK;
+	cs_sel = (u16)msr_data & ~SELECTOR_RPL_MASK;
 	ss_sel = cs_sel + 8;
-	ss_sel &= ~SELECTOR_RPL_MASK;
-	if (ctxt->mode == X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64 || (efer & EFER_LMA)) {
+	if (efer & EFER_LMA) {
 		cs.d = 0;
 		cs.l = 1;
 	}
@@ -2386,10 +2374,11 @@ static int em_sysenter(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 	ops->set_segment(ctxt, ss_sel, &ss, 0, VCPU_SREG_SS);
 
 	ops->get_msr(ctxt, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_EIP, &msr_data);
-	ctxt->_eip = msr_data;
+	ctxt->_eip = (efer & EFER_LMA) ? msr_data : (u32)msr_data;
 
 	ops->get_msr(ctxt, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP, &msr_data);
-	*reg_write(ctxt, VCPU_REGS_RSP) = msr_data;
+	*reg_write(ctxt, VCPU_REGS_RSP) = (efer & EFER_LMA) ? msr_data :
+							      (u32)msr_data;
 
 	return X86EMUL_CONTINUE;
 }

programming_language: C++