x86/pv: Remove unsafe bits from the mod_l?_entry() fastpath

All changes in writeability and cacheability must go through full
re-validation.

Rework the logic as a whitelist, to make it clearer to follow.

This is XSA-182

Reported-by: Jérémie Boutoille <jboutoille@ext.quarkslab.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Tim Deegan <tim@xen.org>
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Andrew Cooper committed 2016-07-26 14:12:11 +01:00
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@@ -1711,6 +1711,14 @@ static inline int update_intpte(intpte_t *p,
_t ## e_get_intpte(_o), _t ## e_get_intpte(_n), \
(_m), (_v), (_ad))
/*
* PTE flags that a guest may change without re-validating the PTE.
* All other bits affect translation, caching, or Xen's safety.
*/
#define FASTPATH_FLAG_WHITELIST \
(_PAGE_NX_BIT | _PAGE_AVAIL_HIGH | _PAGE_AVAIL | _PAGE_GLOBAL | \
_PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_USER)
/* Update the L1 entry at pl1e to new value nl1e. */
static int mod_l1_entry(l1_pgentry_t *pl1e, l1_pgentry_t nl1e,
unsigned long gl1mfn, int preserve_ad,
@@ -1751,9 +1759,8 @@ static int mod_l1_entry(l1_pgentry_t *pl1e, l1_pgentry_t nl1e,
return -EINVAL;
}
/* Fast path for identical mapping, r/w, presence, and cachability. */
if ( !l1e_has_changed(ol1e, nl1e,
PAGE_CACHE_ATTRS | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_PRESENT) )
/* Fast path for sufficiently-similar mappings. */
if ( !l1e_has_changed(ol1e, nl1e, ~FASTPATH_FLAG_WHITELIST) )
{
adjust_guest_l1e(nl1e, pt_dom);
if ( UPDATE_ENTRY(l1, pl1e, ol1e, nl1e, gl1mfn, pt_vcpu,
@@ -1835,11 +1842,8 @@ static int mod_l2_entry(l2_pgentry_t *pl2e,
return -EINVAL;
}
/* Fast path for identical mapping and presence. */
if ( !l2e_has_changed(ol2e, nl2e,
unlikely(opt_allow_superpage)
? _PAGE_PSE | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_PRESENT
: _PAGE_PRESENT) )
/* Fast path for sufficiently-similar mappings. */
if ( !l2e_has_changed(ol2e, nl2e, ~FASTPATH_FLAG_WHITELIST) )
{
adjust_guest_l2e(nl2e, d);
if ( UPDATE_ENTRY(l2, pl2e, ol2e, nl2e, pfn, vcpu, preserve_ad) )
@@ -1904,8 +1908,8 @@ static int mod_l3_entry(l3_pgentry_t *pl3e,
return -EINVAL;
}
/* Fast path for identical mapping and presence. */
if ( !l3e_has_changed(ol3e, nl3e, _PAGE_PRESENT) )
/* Fast path for sufficiently-similar mappings. */
if ( !l3e_has_changed(ol3e, nl3e, ~FASTPATH_FLAG_WHITELIST) )
{
adjust_guest_l3e(nl3e, d);
rc = UPDATE_ENTRY(l3, pl3e, ol3e, nl3e, pfn, vcpu, preserve_ad);
@@ -1968,8 +1972,8 @@ static int mod_l4_entry(l4_pgentry_t *pl4e,
return -EINVAL;
}
/* Fast path for identical mapping and presence. */
if ( !l4e_has_changed(ol4e, nl4e, _PAGE_PRESENT) )
/* Fast path for sufficiently-similar mappings. */
if ( !l4e_has_changed(ol4e, nl4e, ~FASTPATH_FLAG_WHITELIST) )
{
adjust_guest_l4e(nl4e, d);
rc = UPDATE_ENTRY(l4, pl4e, ol4e, nl4e, pfn, vcpu, preserve_ad);
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@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ void paging_init(void);
#define _PAGE_AVAIL2 _AC(0x800,U)
#define _PAGE_AVAIL _AC(0xE00,U)
#define _PAGE_PSE_PAT _AC(0x1000,U)
#define _PAGE_AVAIL_HIGH (_AC(0x7ff, U) << 12)
/* non-architectural flags */
#define _PAGE_PAGED 0x2000U
#define _PAGE_SHARED 0x4000U
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