X-Git-Url: http://git.maemo.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=target-i386%2Fkvm.c;fp=target-i386%2Fkvm.c;h=cab9fccaec30d56fffaced41f36a973549a1e7fb;hb=d9db889faf1bea70d36e31231bf324ae009c6344;hp=4a3f598e4faddff0847a3d943cc5bc8945e27762;hpb=e6da76800041f9aadd0a3607bed99aaf59794560;p=qemu

diff --git a/target-i386/kvm.c b/target-i386/kvm.c
index 4a3f598..cab9fcc 100644
--- a/target-i386/kvm.c
+++ b/target-i386/kvm.c
@@ -239,8 +239,11 @@ static int kvm_has_msr_star(CPUState *env)
         if (ret < 0)
             return 0;
 
-        kvm_msr_list = qemu_mallocz(sizeof(msr_list) +
-                                    msr_list.nmsrs * sizeof(msr_list.indices[0]));
+        /* Old kernel modules had a bug and could write beyond the provided
+           memory. Allocate at least a safe amount of 1K. */
+        kvm_msr_list = qemu_mallocz(MAX(1024, sizeof(msr_list) +
+                                              msr_list.nmsrs *
+                                              sizeof(msr_list.indices[0])));
 
         kvm_msr_list->nmsrs = msr_list.nmsrs;
         ret = kvm_ioctl(env->kvm_state, KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST, kvm_msr_list);