Matt T. Yourst notes that kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs lacks validity checking for the new cr3 value: "Userspace callers of KVM_SET_SREGS can pass a bogus value of cr3 to the kernel. This will trigger a NULL pointer access in gfn_to_rmap() when userspace next tries to call KVM_RUN on the affected VCPU and kvm attempts to activate the new non-existent page table root. This happens since kvm only validates that cr3 points to a valid guest physical memory page when code *inside* the guest sets cr3. However, kvm currently trusts the userspace caller (e.g. QEMU) on the host machine to always supply a valid page table root, rather than properly validating it along with the rest of the reloaded guest state." http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=893831&aid=2687641&group_id=180599 Check for a valid cr3 address in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs, triple fault in case of failure. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx> Index: kvm/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c =================================================================== --- kvm.orig/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +++ kvm/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c @@ -3986,7 +3986,13 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs(struct vcpu->arch.cr2 = sregs->cr2; mmu_reset_needed |= vcpu->arch.cr3 != sregs->cr3; - vcpu->arch.cr3 = sregs->cr3; + + down_read(&vcpu->kvm->slots_lock); + if (gfn_to_memslot(vcpu->kvm, sregs->cr3 >> PAGE_SHIFT)) + vcpu->arch.cr3 = sregs->cr3; + else + set_bit(KVM_REQ_TRIPLE_FAULT, &vcpu->requests); + up_read(&vcpu->kvm->slots_lock); kvm_set_cr8(vcpu, sregs->cr8); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html