CVE-2024-53195

KVM: arm64: Get rid of userspace_irqchip_in_use

published December 27, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: arm64: Get rid of userspace_irqchip_in_use

Improper use of userspace_irqchip_in_use led to syzbot hitting the

following WARN_ON() in kvm_timer_update_irq():

WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3281 at arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c:459

kvm_timer_update_irq+0x21c/0x394

Call trace:

kvm_timer_update_irq+0x21c/0x394 arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c:459

kvm_timer_vcpu_reset+0x158/0x684 arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c:968

kvm_reset_vcpu+0x3b4/0x560 arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c:264

kvm_vcpu_set_target arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c:1553 [inline]

kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_vcpu_init arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c:1573 [inline]

kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl+0x112c/0x1b3c arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c:1695

kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x4ec/0xf74 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4658

vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]

__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline]

__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:893 [inline]

__arm64_sys_ioctl+0x108/0x184 fs/ioctl.c:893

__invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]

invoke_syscall+0x78/0x1b8 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49

el0_svc_common+0xe8/0x1b0 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132

do_el0_svc+0x40/0x50 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151

el0_svc+0x54/0x14c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:712

el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xfc arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:730

el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:598

The following sequence led to the scenario:

- Userspace creates a VM and a vCPU.

- The vCPU is initialized with KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3 during

KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT.

- Without any other setup, such as vGIC or vPMU, userspace issues

KVM_RUN on the vCPU. Since the vPMU is requested, but not setup,

kvm_arm_pmu_v3_enable() fails in kvm_arch_vcpu_run_pid_change().

As a result, KVM_RUN returns after enabling the timer, but before

incrementing 'userspace_irqchip_in_use':

kvm_arch_vcpu_run_pid_change()

ret = kvm_arm_pmu_v3_enable()

if (!vcpu->arch.pmu.created)

return -EINVAL;

if (ret)

return ret;

[...]

if (!irqchip_in_kernel(kvm))

static_branch_inc(&userspace_irqchip_in_use);

- Userspace ignores the error and issues KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT again.

Since the timer is already enabled, control moves through the

following flow, ultimately hitting the WARN_ON():

kvm_timer_vcpu_reset()

if (timer->enabled)

kvm_timer_update_irq()

if (!userspace_irqchip())

ret = kvm_vgic_inject_irq()

ret = vgic_lazy_init()

if (unlikely(!vgic_initialized(kvm)))

if (kvm->arch.vgic.vgic_model !=

KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2)

return -EBUSY;

WARN_ON(ret);

Theoretically, since userspace_irqchip_in_use's functionality can be

simply replaced by '!irqchip_in_kernel()', get rid of the static key

to avoid the mismanagement, which also helps with the syzbot issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00220 · 11.8th percentile
Published
2024-12-27T13:49Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 DEC 13:49Z
    KVM: arm64: Get rid of userspace_irqchip_in_use
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