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SubjectRe: [PATCH] KVM: nSVM: check for EFER.SVME=1 before entering guest
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On 3/19/20 3:05 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 18/03/20 19:40, Krish Sadhukhan wrote:
>> On 3/18/20 5:41 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>> EFER is set for L2 using svm_set_efer, which hardcodes EFER_SVME to 1
>>> and hides
>>> an incorrect value for EFER.SVME in the L1 VMCB.  Perform the check
>>> manually
>>> to detect invalid guest state.
>>>
>>> Reported-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@oracle.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>>> ---
>>>   arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 3 +++
>>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
>>> index 08568ae9f7a1..2125c6ae5951 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
>>> @@ -3558,6 +3558,9 @@ static bool nested_svm_vmrun_msrpm(struct
>>> vcpu_svm *svm)
>>>     static bool nested_vmcb_checks(struct vmcb *vmcb)
>>>   {
>>> +    if ((vmcb->save.efer & EFER_SVME) == 0)
>>> +        return false;
>>> +
>>>       if ((vmcb->control.intercept & (1ULL << INTERCEPT_VMRUN)) == 0)
>>>           return false;
>>>
>> Ah! This now tells me that I forgot the KVM fix that was supposed to
>> accompany my patchset.
> Heh, indeed. I was puzzled for a second after applying it, then decided
> I would just fix it myself. :)
>
>> Do we need this check in software ? I wasn't checking the bit in KVM and
>> instead I was just making sure that L0 sets that bit based on the
>> setting in nested vmcb:
Thanks !
> The only effect of the function below over svm_set_efer is to guarantee
> a vmrun error to happen. Doing the test in nested_vmcb_checks is more
> consistent with other must-be-one bits such as the VMRUN intercept, and
> it's also a smaller patch.

Reviewed-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@oracle.com>

>
> Paolo
>
>> +static void nested_svm_set_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64
>> nested_vmcb_efer)
>> +{
>> +       svm_set_efer(vcpu, nested_vmcb_efer);
>> +
>> +       if (!(nested_vmcb_efer & EFER_SVME))
>> +               to_svm(vcpu)->vmcb->save.efer &= ~EFER_SVME;
>> +}
>> +
>>  static int is_external_interrupt(u32 info)
>>  {
>>         info &= SVM_EVTINJ_TYPE_MASK | SVM_EVTINJ_VALID;
>> @@ -3554,7 +3562,7 @@ static void enter_svm_guest_mode(struct vcpu_svm
>> *svm, u64
>>         svm->vmcb->save.gdtr = nested_vmcb->save.gdtr;
>>         svm->vmcb->save.idtr = nested_vmcb->save.idtr;
>>         kvm_set_rflags(&svm->vcpu, nested_vmcb->save.rflags);
>> -       svm_set_efer(&svm->vcpu, nested_vmcb->save.efer);
>> +       nested_svm_set_efer(&svm->vcpu, nested_vmcb->save.efer);
>>         svm_set_cr0(&svm->vcpu, nested_vmcb->save.cr0);
>>         svm_set_cr4(&svm->vcpu, nested_vmcb->save.cr4);
>>         if (npt_enabled) {
>>

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