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File xsa454-1.patch of Package xen.35285

x86/HVM: clear upper halves of GPRs upon entry from 32-bit code

Hypercalls in particular can be the subject of continuations, and logic
there checks updated state against incoming register values. If the
guest manufactured a suitable argument register with a non-zero upper
half before entering compatibility mode and issuing a hypercall from
there, checks in hypercall_xlat_continuation() might trip.

Since for HVM we want to also be sure to not hit a corner case in the
emulator, initiate the clipping right from the top of
{svm,vmx}_vmexit_handler(). Also rename the invoked function, as it no
longer does only invalidation of fields.

Note that architecturally the upper halves of registers are undefined
after a switch between compatibility and 64-bit mode (either direction).
Hence once having entered compatibility mode, the guest can't assume
the upper half of any register to retain its value.

This is part of XSA-454 / CVE-2024-?????.

Fixes: b8a7efe8528a ("Enable compatibility mode operation for HYPERVISOR_memory_op")
Reported-by: Manuel Andreas <manuel.andreas@tum.de>
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>

--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -2502,7 +2502,8 @@ void svm_vmexit_handler(struct cpu_user_
     regs->rsp = vmcb->rsp;
     regs->rflags = vmcb->rflags;
 
-    hvm_invalidate_regs_fields(regs);
+    hvm_sanitize_regs_fields(
+        regs, !(vmcb_get_efer(vmcb) & EFER_LMA) || !(vmcb->cs.l));
 
     if ( paging_mode_hap(v->domain) )
         v->arch.hvm.guest_cr[3] = v->arch.hvm.hw_cr[3] = vmcb_get_cr3(vmcb);
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -3641,6 +3641,7 @@ static int vmx_handle_apic_write(void)
 void vmx_vmexit_handler(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
 {
     unsigned long exit_qualification, exit_reason, idtv_info, intr_info = 0;
+    unsigned long cs_ar_bytes = 0;
     unsigned int vector = 0, mode;
     struct vcpu *v = current;
     struct domain *currd = v->domain;
@@ -3649,7 +3650,10 @@ void vmx_vmexit_handler(struct cpu_user_
     __vmread(GUEST_RSP,    &regs->rsp);
     __vmread(GUEST_RFLAGS, &regs->rflags);
 
-    hvm_invalidate_regs_fields(regs);
+    if ( hvm_long_mode_active(v) )
+        __vmread(GUEST_CS_AR_BYTES, &cs_ar_bytes);
+
+    hvm_sanitize_regs_fields(regs, !(cs_ar_bytes & X86_SEG_AR_CS_LM_ACTIVE));
 
     if ( paging_mode_hap(v->domain) )
     {
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/hvm.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/hvm.h
@@ -548,8 +548,24 @@ static inline void hvm_set_info_guest(st
         alternative_vcall(hvm_funcs.set_info_guest, v);
 }
 
-static inline void hvm_invalidate_regs_fields(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
+static inline void hvm_sanitize_regs_fields(struct cpu_user_regs *regs,
+                                            bool compat)
 {
+    if ( compat )
+    {
+        /* Clear GPR upper halves, to counteract guests playing games. */
+        regs->rbp = regs->ebp;
+        regs->rbx = regs->ebx;
+        regs->rax = regs->eax;
+        regs->rcx = regs->ecx;
+        regs->rdx = regs->edx;
+        regs->rsi = regs->esi;
+        regs->rdi = regs->edi;
+        regs->rip = regs->eip;
+        regs->rflags = regs->eflags;
+        regs->rsp = regs->esp;
+    }
+
 #ifndef NDEBUG
     regs->error_code = 0xbeef;
     regs->entry_vector = 0xbeef;

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