[Xen-changelog] [xen staging-4.8] x86/mm: Fix nested de-validation on error

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commit 2867c7e1b41c09a438f8022e69e17ae65e6cff30
Author:     George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon Nov 4 15:27:02 2019 +0100
Commit:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon Nov 4 15:27:02 2019 +0100

    x86/mm: Fix nested de-validation on error
    
    If an invalid entry is discovered when validating a page-table tree,
    the entire tree which has so far been validated must be de-validated.
    Since this may take a long time, alloc_l[2-4]_table() set current
    vcpu's old_guest_table immediately; put_old_guest_table() will make
    sure that put_page_type() will be called to finish off the
    de-validation before any other MMU operations can happen on the vcpu.
    
    The invariant for partial pages should be:
    
    * Entries [0, nr_validated_ptes) should be completely validated;
      put_page_type() will de-validate these.
    
    * If [nr_validated_ptes] is partially validated, partial_flags should
      set PTF_partiaL_set.  put_page_type() will be called on this page to
      finish off devalidation, and the appropriate refcount adjustments
      will be done.
    
    alloc_l[2-3]_table() indicates partial validation to its callers by
    setting current->old_guest_table.
    
    Unfortunately, this is mishandled.
    
    Take the case where validating lNe[x] returns an error.
    
    First, alloc_l3_table() doesn't check old_guest_table at all; as a
    result, partial_flags is not set when it should be.  nr_validated_ptes
    is set to x; and since PFT_partial_set clear, de-validation resumes at
    nr_validated_ptes-1.  This means that the l2 page at pl3e[x] will not
    have put_page_type() called on it when de-validating the rest of the
    l3: it will be stuck in the PGT_partial state until the domain is
    destroyed, or until it is re-used as an l2.  (Any other page type will
    fail.)
    
    Worse, alloc_l4_table(), rather than setting PTF_partial_set as it
    should, sets nr_validated_ptes to x+1.  When de-validating, since
    partial is 0, this will correctly resume calling put_page_type at [x];
    but, if the put_page_type() is never called, but instead
    get_page_type() is called, validation will pick up at [x+1],
    neglecting to validate [x].  If the rest of the validation succeeds,
    the l4 will be validated even though [x] is invalid.
    
    Fix this in both cases by setting PTF_partial_set if old_guest_table
    is set.
    
    While here, add some safety catches:
    - old_guest_table must point to the page contained in
      [nr_validated_ptes].
    - alloc_l1_page shouldn't set old_guest_table
    
    If we experience one of these situations in production builds, it's
    safer to avoid calling put_page_type for the pages in question.  If
    they have PGT_partial set, they will be cleaned up on domain
    destruction; if not, we have no idea whether a type count is safe to
    drop.  Retaining an extra type ref that should have been dropped may
    trigger a BUG() on the free_domain_page() path, but dropping a type
    count that shouldn't be dropped may cause a privilege escalation.
    
    This is part of XSA-299.
    
    Reported-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
    master commit: 3c15a2d8cc1981f369cc9542f028054d0dfb325b
    master date: 2019-10-31 16:16:13 +0100
---
 xen/arch/x86/mm.c | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm.c b/xen/arch/x86/mm.c
index 3551b58963..814d12353c 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/mm.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm.c
@@ -1725,6 +1725,20 @@ static int alloc_l2_table(struct page_info *page, 
unsigned long type)
             ASSERT(current->arch.old_guest_table == NULL);
             if ( i )
             {
+                /*
+                 * alloc_l1_table() doesn't set old_guest_table; it does
+                 * its own tear-down immediately on failure.  If it
+                 * did we'd need to check it and set partial_flags as we
+                 * do in alloc_l[34]_table().
+                 *
+                 * Note on the use of ASSERT: if it's non-null and
+                 * hasn't been cleaned up yet, it should have
+                 * PGT_partial set; and so the type will be cleaned up
+                 * on domain destruction.  Unfortunately, we would
+                 * leak the general ref held by old_guest_table; but
+                 * leaking a page is less bad than a host crash.
+                 */
+                ASSERT(current->arch.old_guest_table == NULL);
                 page->nr_validated_ptes = i;
                 page->partial_flags = partial_flags;
                 current->arch.old_guest_ptpg = NULL;
@@ -1758,6 +1772,7 @@ static int alloc_l3_table(struct page_info *page)
     unsigned int   i;
     int            rc = 0;
     unsigned int   partial_flags = page->partial_flags;
+    l3_pgentry_t   l3e = l3e_empty();
 
     pl3e = map_domain_page(_mfn(pfn));
 
@@ -1809,7 +1824,11 @@ static int alloc_l3_table(struct page_info *page)
             rc = -ERESTART;
         }
         if ( rc < 0 )
+        {
+            /* XSA-299 Backport: Copy l3e for checking */
+            l3e = pl3e[i];
             break;
+        }
 
         adjust_guest_l3e(pl3e[i], d);
     }
@@ -1823,6 +1842,24 @@ static int alloc_l3_table(struct page_info *page)
         {
             page->nr_validated_ptes = i;
             page->partial_flags = partial_flags;
+            if ( current->arch.old_guest_table )
+            {
+                /*
+                 * We've experienced a validation failure.  If
+                 * old_guest_table is set, "transfer" the general
+                 * reference count to pl3e[nr_validated_ptes] by
+                 * setting PTF_partial_set.
+                 *
+                 * As a precaution, check that old_guest_table is the
+                 * page pointed to by pl3e[nr_validated_ptes].  If
+                 * not, it's safer to leak a type ref on production
+                 * builds.
+                 */
+                if ( current->arch.old_guest_table == l3e_get_page(l3e) )
+                    page->partial_flags = PTF_partial_set;
+                else
+                    ASSERT_UNREACHABLE();
+            }
             current->arch.old_guest_ptpg = NULL;
             current->arch.old_guest_table = page;
         }
@@ -1918,7 +1955,23 @@ static int alloc_l4_table(struct page_info *page)
                 else
                 {
                     if ( current->arch.old_guest_table )
-                        page->nr_validated_ptes++;
+                    {
+                        /*
+                         * We've experienced a validation failure.  If
+                         * old_guest_table is set, "transfer" the general
+                         * reference count to pl3e[nr_validated_ptes] by
+                         * setting PTF_partial_set.
+                         *
+                         * As a precaution, check that old_guest_table is the
+                         * page pointed to by pl4e[nr_validated_ptes].  If
+                         * not, it's safer to leak a type ref on production
+                         * builds.
+                         */
+                        if ( current->arch.old_guest_table == 
l4e_get_page(pl4e[i]) )
+                            page->partial_flags = PTF_partial_set;
+                        else
+                            ASSERT_UNREACHABLE();
+                    }
                     current->arch.old_guest_ptpg = NULL;
                     current->arch.old_guest_table = page;
                 }
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