3.16.42-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 06ce521af9558814b8606c0476c54497cf83a653 upstream.
handle_vmon gets a reference on VMXON region page,
but does not release it. Release the reference.
Found by syzkaller; based on a patch by Dmitry.
Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: use skip_emulated_instruction()]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -5954,14 +5954,20 @@ static int nested_vmx_check_vmptr(struct
}
page = nested_get_page(vcpu, vmptr);
- if (page == NULL ||
- *(u32 *)kmap(page) != VMCS12_REVISION) {
+ if (page == NULL) {
nested_vmx_failInvalid(vcpu);
+ skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ if (*(u32 *)kmap(page) != VMCS12_REVISION) {
kunmap(page);
+ nested_release_page_clean(page);
+ nested_vmx_failInvalid(vcpu);
skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
return 1;
}
kunmap(page);
+ nested_release_page_clean(page);
vmx->nested.vmxon_ptr = vmptr;
break;
case EXIT_REASON_VMCLEAR: