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kvm: vmx: fix limit checking in get_vmx_mem_address()

PATCH Superseded Eugene Korenevsky 1 participant 1 message Jun 4, 2019

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PATCH 1/2 kvm: vmx: fix limit checking in get_vmx_mem_address()

Intel SDM vol. 3, 5.3:
The processor causes a
general-protection exception (or, if the segment is SS, a stack-fault exception) any time an attempt is made to access the following addresses in a segment:
- A byte at an offset greater than the effective limit
- A word at an offset greater than the (effective-limit – 1)
- A doubleword at an offset greater than the (effective-limit – 3)
- A quadword at an offset greater than the (effective-limit – 7)

Therefore, the generic limit checking error condition must be

exn = off > limit + 1 - operand_len

but not

exn = off + operand_len > limit

as for now.

---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c +1 -1
index f1a69117ac0f..fef3d7031715 100644
@@ -4115,7 +4115,7 @@ int get_vmx_mem_address(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long exit_qualification,
 		 */
 		if (!(s.base == 0 && s.limit == 0xffffffff &&
 		     ((s.type & 8) || !(s.type & 4))))
-			exn = exn || (off + sizeof(u64) > s.limit);
+			exn = exn || (off > s.limit + 1 - sizeof(u64));
 	}
 	if (exn) {
 		kvm_queue_exception_e(vcpu,
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