From: Jan Kiszka <[email protected]>

Allocate enough memory for KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST as older kernels shot
far beyond their limits, corrupting user space memory.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <[email protected]>

diff --git a/qemu-kvm-x86.c b/qemu-kvm-x86.c
index d6735c1..e528acb 100644
--- a/qemu-kvm-x86.c
+++ b/qemu-kvm-x86.c
@@ -349,7 +349,10 @@ struct kvm_msr_list *kvm_get_msr_list(kvm_context_t kvm)
        r = ioctl(kvm->fd, KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST, &sizer);
        if (r == -1 && errno != E2BIG)
                return NULL;
-       msrs = malloc(sizeof *msrs + sizer.nmsrs * sizeof *msrs->indices);
+       /* Old kernel modules had a bug and could write beyond the provided
+          memory. Allocate at least a safe amount of 1K. */
+       msrs = malloc(MAX(1024, sizeof(*msrs) +
+                               sizer.nmsrs * sizeof(*msrs->indices)));
        if (!msrs) {
                errno = ENOMEM;
                return NULL;
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