vmx does not restore GDT.LIMIT to the host value, instead it sets it to 64KB.
This means host userspace can learn a few bits of host memory.
Fix by reloading GDTR when we load other host state.
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct vmcs *, vmxarea);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct vmcs *, current_vmcs);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct list_head, vcpus_on_cpu);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct desc_ptr, host_gdt);
static unsigned long *vmx_io_bitmap_a;
static unsigned long *vmx_io_bitmap_b;
#endif
if (current_thread_info()->status & TS_USEDFPU)
clts();
+ load_gdt(&__get_cpu_var(host_gdt));
}
static void vmx_load_host_state(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
ept_sync_global();
}
+ store_gdt(&__get_cpu_var(host_gdt));
+
return 0;
}