Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] KVM: x86 emulator: Fix task switch privilege checks

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Am 30.01.2012 11:39, schrieb Avi Kivity:
> On 01/27/2012 09:23 PM, Kevin Wolf wrote:
>> Currently, all task switches check privileges against the DPL of the
>> TSS. This is only correct for jmp/call to a TSS. If a task gate is used,
>> the DPL of this take gate is used for the check instead. Exceptions,
>> external interrupts and iret shouldn't perform any check.
>>
>>  
>> @@ -2372,12 +2389,32 @@ static int emulator_do_task_switch(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
>>  
>>  	/* FIXME: check that next_tss_desc is tss */
>>  
>> -	if (reason != TASK_SWITCH_IRET) {
>> -		if ((tss_selector & 3) > next_tss_desc.dpl ||
>> -		    ops->cpl(ctxt) > next_tss_desc.dpl)
>> -			return emulate_gp(ctxt, 0);
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Check privileges. The three cases are task switch caused by...
>> +	 *
>> +	 * 1. Software interrupt: Check against DPL of the task gate
>> +	 * 2. Exception/IRQ/iret: No check is performed
>> +	 * 3. jmp/call: Check agains DPL of the TSS
>> +	 */
>> +	dpl = -1;
>> +	if (reason == TASK_SWITCH_GATE) {
>> +		if (idt_index != -1) {
>> +			struct kvm_desc_struct task_gate_desc;
>> +
>> +			ret = read_interrupt_descriptor(ctxt, idt_index,
>> +							&task_gate_desc);
>> +			if (ret != X86EMUL_CONTINUE)
>> +				return ret;
>> +
>> +			dpl = task_gate_desc.dpl;
>> +		}
>> +	} else if (reason != TASK_SWITCH_IRET) {
>> +		dpl = next_tss_desc.dpl;
>>  	}
>>  
>> +	if (dpl != -1 && ((tss_selector & 3) > dpl || ops->cpl(ctxt) > dpl))
>> +		return emulate_gp(ctxt, 0);
> 
> Should be #GP(selector), no?

This line is just moved code, but without looking it up I would expect
the selector, yes. Would be an independent bug. I can add a patch to the
series if you like.

> The TASK-GATE: branch of the CALL instruction documentation lists many
> other conditions which we don't check, so I'll accept this, otherwise
> we'll never make any progress.

Hm, I didn't really look at call, just iret and exceptions.

Seems there are many test cases left to write.

Kevin
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