Some userspaces do not preserve unusable property. Since usable segment has to be present according to VMX spec we can use present property to amend userspace bug by making unusable segment always nonpresent. vmx_segment_access_rights() already marks nonpresent segment as unusable. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 3.9+ Reported-by: Stefan Pietsch <stefan.pietsch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Stefan Pietsch <stefan.pietsch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c index 260a919..5402c94 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c @@ -3399,15 +3399,22 @@ static void vmx_get_segment(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, var->limit = vmx_read_guest_seg_limit(vmx, seg); var->selector = vmx_read_guest_seg_selector(vmx, seg); ar = vmx_read_guest_seg_ar(vmx, seg); + var->unusable = (ar >> 16) & 1; var->type = ar & 15; var->s = (ar >> 4) & 1; var->dpl = (ar >> 5) & 3; - var->present = (ar >> 7) & 1; + /* + * Some userspaces do not preserve unusable property. Since usable + * segment has to be present according to VMX spec we can use present + * property to amend userspace bug by making unusable segment always + * nonpresent. vmx_segment_access_rights() already marks nonpresent + * segment as unusable. + */ + var->present = !var->unusable; var->avl = (ar >> 12) & 1; var->l = (ar >> 13) & 1; var->db = (ar >> 14) & 1; var->g = (ar >> 15) & 1; - var->unusable = (ar >> 16) & 1; } static u64 vmx_get_segment_base(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int seg) -- Gleb. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html