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KVM: x86: avoid calling x86 emulator without a decoded instruction

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Whenever x86_decode_emulated_instruction() detects a breakpoint, it
returns the value that kvm_vcpu_check_breakpoint() writes into its
pass-by-reference second argument.  Unfortunately this is completely
bogus because the expected outcome of x86_decode_emulated_instruction
is an EMULATION_* value.

Then, if kvm_vcpu_check_breakpoint() does "*r = 0" (corresponding to
a KVM_EXIT_DEBUG userspace exit), it is misunderstood as EMULATION_OK
and x86_emulate_instruction() is called without having decoded the
instruction.  This causes various havoc from running with a stale
emulation context.

The fix is to move the call to kvm_vcpu_check_breakpoint() where it was
before commit 4aa2691dcb ("KVM: x86: Factor out x86 instruction
emulation with decoding") introduced x86_decode_emulated_instruction().
The other caller of the function does not need breakpoint checks,
because it is invoked as part of a vmexit and the processor has already
checked those before executing the instruction that #GP'd.

This fixes CVE-2022-1852.

Reported-by: Qiuhao Li <qiuhao@sysec.org>
Reported-by: Gaoning Pan <pgn@zju.edu.cn>
Reported-by: Yongkang Jia <kangel@zju.edu.cn>
Fixes: 4aa2691dcb ("KVM: x86: Factor out x86 instruction emulation with decoding")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Message-Id: <20220311032801.3467418-2-seanjc@google.com>
[Rewrote commit message according to Qiuhao's report, since a patch
 already existed to fix the bug. - Paolo]
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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Sean Christopherson 2022-03-11 03:27:41 +00:00 • committed by Paolo Bonzini
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