A malicious kernel may control the instruction pointer in SMM in a
multi-processor VM by sending a sequence of IPIs via APIC:
CPU0 CPU1
IPI(CPU1, MODE_INIT)
x86_cpu_exec_reset()
apic_init_reset()
s->wait_for_sipi = true
IPI(CPU1, MODE_SMI)
do_smm_enter()
env->hflags |= HF_SMM_MASK;
IPI(CPU1, MODE_STARTUP, vector)
do_cpu_sipi()
apic_sipi()
/* s->wait_for_sipi check passes */
cpu_x86_load_seg_cache_sipi(vector)
A different sequence, SMI INIT SIPI, is also buggy in TCG because
INIT is not blocked or latched during SMM. However, it is not
vulnerable to an instruction pointer control in the same way because
x86_cpu_exec_reset clears env->hflags, exiting SMM.
Fixes: a9bad65d2c1f ("target-i386: wake up processors that receive an SMI")
Signed-off-by: YiFei Zhu <zhuyifei@google.com>
---
target/i386/cpu.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 6d85149e6e..697cc4e63b 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -9762,7 +9762,8 @@ int x86_cpu_pending_interrupt(CPUState *cs, int interrupt_request)
if (interrupt_request & CPU_INTERRUPT_POLL) {
return CPU_INTERRUPT_POLL;
}
- if (interrupt_request & CPU_INTERRUPT_SIPI) {
+ if ((interrupt_request & CPU_INTERRUPT_SIPI) &&
+ !(env->hflags & HF_SMM_MASK)) {
return CPU_INTERRUPT_SIPI;
}
--
2.51.0.536.g15c5d4f767-goog