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Commit f4d83822 authored by Andy Honig's avatar Andy Honig Committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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KVM: Improve create VCPU parameter (CVE-2013-4587)



commit 338c7dbadd2671189cec7faf64c84d01071b3f96 upstream.

In multiple functions the vcpu_id is used as an offset into a bitfield.  Ag
malicious user could specify a vcpu_id greater than 255 in order to set or
clear bits in kernel memory.  This could be used to elevate priveges in the
kernel.  This patch verifies that the vcpu_id provided is less than 255.
The api documentation already specifies that the vcpu_id must be less than
max_vcpus, but this is currently not checked.

Reported-by: default avatarAndrew Honig <ahonig@google.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Honig <ahonig@google.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
parent a5633d48
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