x86: clear EFLAGS.NT in SYSENTER entry path

... as it causes problems if we happen to exit back via IRET: In the
course of trying to handle the fault, the hypervisor creates a stack
frame by hand, and uses PUSHFQ to set the respective EFLAGS field, but
expects to be able to IRET through that stack frame to the second
portion of the fixup code (which causes a #GP due to the stored EFLAGS
having NT set).

And even if this worked (e.g if we cleared NT in that path), it would
then (through the fail safe callback) cause a #GP in the guest with the
SYSENTER handler's first instruction as the source, which in turn would
allow guest user mode code to crash the guest kernel.

Inject a #GP on the fake (NULL) address of the SYSENTER instruction
instead, just like in the case where the guest kernel didn't register
a corresponding entry point.

This is CVE-2013-1917 / XSA-44.

Reported-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citirx.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Acked-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
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Jan Beulich committed 2013-04-18 16:00:35 +02:00
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@@ -282,7 +282,14 @@ sysenter_eflags_saved:
cmpb $0,VCPU_sysenter_disables_events(%rbx)
movq VCPU_sysenter_addr(%rbx),%rax
setne %cl
testl $X86_EFLAGS_NT,UREGS_eflags(%rsp)
leaq VCPU_trap_bounce(%rbx),%rdx
UNLIKELY_START(nz, sysenter_nt_set)
pushfq
andl $~X86_EFLAGS_NT,(%rsp)
popfq
xorl %eax,%eax
UNLIKELY_END(sysenter_nt_set)
testq %rax,%rax
leal (,%rcx,TBF_INTERRUPT),%ecx
UNLIKELY_START(z, sysenter_gpf)
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